NGC 1599
NGC 1599
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
190 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 190 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1599 as it looked roughly 190 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
IC 373Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 2080Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 1607Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartIC 372Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1611Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1580Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2080Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 1607Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartIC 372Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1611Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1580Barred spiral9.9 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).