NGC 1521
NGC 1521
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
195 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
185k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 195 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1521 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
NGC 1459Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1403Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 1402Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1591Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 1394Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1391Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1403Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 1402Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1591Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 1394Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1391Lenticular27 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).