NGC 1591
NGC 1591
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
192 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 192 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1591 as it looked roughly 192 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 1521Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 1812Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 1811Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 1459Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 1738Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 1739Barred spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1812Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 1811Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 1459Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 1738Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 1739Barred spiral38 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).