NGC 1529
NGC 1529
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
241 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 241 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1529 as it looked roughly 241 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 1534Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartIC 2010Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1526Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1490Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1706Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1997Spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2010Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1526Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1490Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1706Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1997Spiral24 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).