NGC 1530A
NGC 1530A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
116 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 116 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1530A as it looked roughly 116 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 1530Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 334Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1184Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1343Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2336Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2268Barred spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 334Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1184Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1343Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2336Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2268Barred 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).