NGC 1584
NGC 1584
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
425 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 425 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1584 as it looked roughly 425 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 1583Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1565Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1561Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1564Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1562Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1630Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1565Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1561Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1564Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1562Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1630Lenticular19 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).