NGC 1594
NGC 1594
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1594 as it looked roughly 203 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 1580Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1604Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1609Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartIC 372Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1611Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1607Lenticular7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1604Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1609Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartIC 372Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1611Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1607Lenticular7.5 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).