NGC 1504
NGC 1504
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
464 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 464 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1504 as it looked roughly 464 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 1505Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1516ASpiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1478Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1477Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1472Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1475Galaxy20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1516ASpiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1478Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1477Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1472Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1475Galaxy20 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).