NGC 583
NGC 583
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
328 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 328 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 583 as it looked roughly 328 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 478Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1622Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 567Lenticular46 million ly
apartNGC 369Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 1670ABarred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 93Barred spiral51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1622Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 567Lenticular46 million ly
apartNGC 369Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 1670ABarred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 93Barred spiral51 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).