NGC 1590
NGC 1590
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
182 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 182 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1590 as it looked roughly 182 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 1542Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 364Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 366Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 1550Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1589Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 392Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 364Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 366Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 1550Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1589Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 392Lenticular22 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).