NGC 1630
NGC 1630
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
429 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 429 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1630 as it looked roughly 429 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 1631Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1584Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1583Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 1565Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 1564Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 1561Elliptical35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1584Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1583Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 1565Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 1564Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 1561Elliptical35 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).