NGC 1650
NGC 1650
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
503 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
351k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 503 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1650 as it looked roughly 503 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
IC 375Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 1623Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 1692Lenticular48 million ly
apartIC 2063Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 393Elliptical56 million ly
apartNGC 1597Elliptical60 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1623Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 1692Lenticular48 million ly
apartIC 2063Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 393Elliptical56 million ly
apartNGC 1597Elliptical60 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).