NGC 1531
NGC 1531
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
49 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
21k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 49 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1531 as it looked roughly 49 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 2041Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 1993Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1532Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1484Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 1406Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1679Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1993Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1532Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1484Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 1406Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1679Barred spiral6.9 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).