NGC 1573
NGC 1573
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1573 as it looked roughly 196 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 1961Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 440Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 2258Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 449Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 2314Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 442Lenticular39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 440Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 2258Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 449Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 2314Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 442Lenticular39 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).