NGC 1620
NGC 1620
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
164 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
167k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 164 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1620 as it looked roughly 164 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 1586Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1588Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 1587Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 1638Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 1635Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1593Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1588Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 1587Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 1638Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 1635Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1593Lenticular13 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).