NGC 1930
NGC 1930
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
198 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 198 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1930 as it looked roughly 198 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 1998Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1803Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2007Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1680Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2087Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 2191Lenticular36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1803Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2007Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1680Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2087Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 2191Lenticular36 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).