NGC 1482
NGC 1482
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
88 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 88 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1482 as it looked roughly 88 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 1452Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 343Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 346Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1383Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1519Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1481Elliptical7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 343Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 346Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1383Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1519Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1481Elliptical7.8 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).