NGC 1539
NGC 1539
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1539 as it looked roughly 261 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 1497Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 357Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 2005Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 2016Lenticular58 million ly
apartIC 2027Elliptical61 million ly
apartIC 358Lenticular67 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 357Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 2005Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 2016Lenticular58 million ly
apartIC 2027Elliptical61 million ly
apartIC 358Lenticular67 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).