NGC 1465
NGC 1465
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
195 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 195 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1465 as it looked roughly 195 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
IC 359Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 1334Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 311Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 1293Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 309Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 1281Elliptical39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1334Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 311Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 1293Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 309Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 1281Elliptical39 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).