NGC 585
NGC 585
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
252 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
176k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 252 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 585 as it looked roughly 252 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 570Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 548Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 541Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 560Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 545Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 547Elliptical8.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 548Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 541Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 560Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 545Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 547Elliptical8.0 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).