NGC 1510
NGC 1510
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
47 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
18k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 47 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1510 as it looked roughly 47 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 1493Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1411Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartIC 2004Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1527Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 1433Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 1556Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1411Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartIC 2004Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1527Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 1433Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 1556Barred spiral5.9 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).