NGC 1659
NGC 1659
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1659 as it looked roughly 213 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 1667Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 2101Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1670Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1685Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartIC 387Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 1621Elliptical10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2101Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1670Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1685Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartIC 387Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 1621Elliptical10 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).