NGC 1635
NGC 1635
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
154 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 154 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1635 as it looked roughly 154 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 1638Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1620Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1588Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1586Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1587Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 363Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1620Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1588Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1586Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1587Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 363Elliptical21 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).