NGC 1505
NGC 1505
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
460 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
161k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 460 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1505 as it looked roughly 460 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 1504Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1516ASpiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1472Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1478Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1477Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 1475Galaxy21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1516ASpiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1472Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1478Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1477Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 1475Galaxy21 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).