NGC 1516A
NGC 1516A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
470 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 470 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1516A as it looked roughly 470 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 1504Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1505Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1477Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 1478Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 1475Galaxy30 million ly
apartNGC 1472Lenticular30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1505Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1477Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 1478Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 1475Galaxy30 million ly
apartNGC 1472Lenticular30 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).