NGC 1640
NGC 1640
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
75 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 75 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1640 as it looked roughly 75 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 1886Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1519Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1964Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1481Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 2007Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1438Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1519Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1964Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1481Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 2007Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1438Spiral17 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).