NGC 1587
NGC 1587
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
173 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 173 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1587 as it looked roughly 173 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 1593Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1589Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1586Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1620Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 1588Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 1550Elliptical9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1589Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1586Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1620Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 1588Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 1550Elliptical9.8 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).