NGC 1515
NGC 1515
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
55 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 55 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1515 as it looked roughly 55 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 1553Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 1549Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1543Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 2032Irregular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1494Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 1546Lenticular5.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1549Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1543Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 2032Irregular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1494Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 1546Lenticular5.5 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).