NGC 1540
NGC 1540
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
259 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 259 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1540 as it looked roughly 259 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 1540ASpiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 1687Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 1701Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 2106Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 1492Spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 1572Barred spiral63 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1687Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 1701Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 2106Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 1492Spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 1572Barred spiral63 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).