NGC 1617
NGC 1617
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
50 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
10.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 50 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1617 as it looked roughly 50 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 2032Irregular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 1556Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 1543Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartIC 2056Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1515Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1527Elliptical6.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1556Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 1543Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartIC 2056Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1515Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1527Elliptical6.8 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).