NGC 1601
NGC 1601
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
233 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 233 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1601 as it looked roughly 233 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 1612Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1603Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1606Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1618Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1622Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1600Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1603Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1606Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1618Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1622Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1600Elliptical12 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).