NGC 1609
NGC 1609
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
201 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 201 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1609 as it looked roughly 201 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 1611Lenticular1.3 million ly
apartNGC 1607Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 372Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1580Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1594Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1604Lenticular8.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1607Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 372Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1580Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1594Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1604Lenticular8.0 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).