NGC 1544
NGC 1544
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1544 as it looked roughly 210 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 442Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 440Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 1573Elliptical48 million ly
apartNGC 2258Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 2314Elliptical50 million ly
apartIC 2174Barred spiral51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 440Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 1573Elliptical48 million ly
apartNGC 2258Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 2314Elliptical50 million ly
apartIC 2174Barred spiral51 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).