NGC 1530
NGC 1530
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
115 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 115 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1530 as it looked roughly 115 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 1530ASpiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 334Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1343Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1184Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2336Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2268Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 334Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1343Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1184Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2336Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2268Barred spiral24 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).