NGC 1490
NGC 1490
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
252 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 252 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1490 as it looked roughly 252 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 1526Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 1534Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1313ABarred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1529Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1503Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1246Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1534Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1313ABarred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1529Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1503Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1246Elliptical21 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).