NGC 1431
NGC 1431
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
425 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 425 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1431 as it looked roughly 425 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 1967Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 332Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 330Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1931Galaxy32 million ly
apartIC 1930Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 322Galaxy35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 332Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 330Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1931Galaxy32 million ly
apartIC 1930Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 322Galaxy35 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).