NGC 1561
NGC 1561
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
420 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
167k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 420 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1561 as it looked roughly 420 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 1565Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 1564Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 1562Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartIC 367Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 1563Galaxy16 million ly
apartNGC 1584Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1564Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 1562Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartIC 367Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 1563Galaxy16 million ly
apartNGC 1584Elliptical16 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).