NGC 1575
NGC 1575
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
435 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
192k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 435 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1575 as it looked roughly 435 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 377Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 378Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 379Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 370Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 362Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 376Galaxy31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 378Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 379Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 370Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 362Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 376Galaxy31 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).