NGC 1546
NGC 1546
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
60 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 60 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1546 as it looked roughly 60 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 1536Barred spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 1549Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 1553Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 2058Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1543Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1515Spiral5.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1549Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 1553Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 2058Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1543Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1515Spiral5.5 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).