NGC 1540A
NGC 1540A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
262 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 262 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1540A as it looked roughly 262 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 1540Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 1687Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 1701Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 2106Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 1492Spiral59 million ly
apartNGC 1572Barred spiral62 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1687Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 1701Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 2106Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 1492Spiral59 million ly
apartNGC 1572Barred spiral62 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).