NGC 1526
NGC 1526
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
251 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 251 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1526 as it looked roughly 251 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 1490Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 1534Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1529Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1503Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 1669Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1313ABarred spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1534Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1529Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1503Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 1669Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1313ABarred spiral23 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).