NGC 1451
NGC 1451
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
184 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 184 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1451 as it looked roughly 184 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 1453Elliptical860,000 ly
apartNGC 1449Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1417Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1355Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1441Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1358Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1449Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1417Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1355Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1441Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1358Lenticular11 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).