NGC 1631
NGC 1631
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
436 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
169k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 436 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1631 as it looked roughly 436 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 1630Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1584Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 1583Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 1547Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 1565Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 1564Lenticular47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1584Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 1583Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 1547Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 1565Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 1564Lenticular47 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).