NGC 1459
NGC 1459
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1459 as it looked roughly 196 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 1403Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 1928Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1521Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 1319Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 1402Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1394Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1928Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1521Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 1319Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 1402Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1394Lenticular26 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).