NGC 1506
NGC 1506
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
530 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
245k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 530 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1506 as it looked roughly 530 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
IC 2024Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1991Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2043Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1989Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 2066Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1968Spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1991Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2043Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1989Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 2066Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1968Spiral41 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).