NGC 1563
NGC 1563
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
436 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 436 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1563 as it looked roughly 436 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 1562Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1564Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1565Spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 2064Galaxy9.0 million ly
apartIC 367Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 1561Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1564Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1565Spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 2064Galaxy9.0 million ly
apartIC 367Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 1561Elliptical16 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).