NGC 1607
NGC 1607
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
197 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 197 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1607 as it looked roughly 197 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 372Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 1611Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 1609Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 1580Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 2080Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1599Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1611Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 1609Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 1580Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 2080Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1599Barred spiral6.7 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).