NGC 1461
NGC 1461
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
67 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 67 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1461 as it looked roughly 67 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 1440Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 345Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1426Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1345Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1353Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1405Lenticular8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 345Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1426Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1345Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1353Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1405Lenticular8.6 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).