NGC 1658
NGC 1658
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1658 as it looked roughly 242 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 1585Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 1598Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2068Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 1616Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 1687Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 1595Elliptical37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1598Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2068Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 1616Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 1687Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 1595Elliptical37 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).