NGC 1604
NGC 1604
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
208 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 208 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1604 as it looked roughly 208 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 1621Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1613Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1594Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1609Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1610Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 1580Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1613Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1594Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1609Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1610Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 1580Barred spiral8.9 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).