NGC 1534
NGC 1534
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
249 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 249 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1534 as it looked roughly 249 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 1529Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 1526Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2010Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1490Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 2017Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1997Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1526Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2010Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1490Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 2017Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1997Spiral21 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).