NGC 1549
NGC 1549
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
57 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
9.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 57 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1549 as it looked roughly 57 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 1553Lenticular960,000 ly
apartNGC 1546Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 1515Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1543Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 1536Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1688Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1546Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 1515Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1543Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 1536Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1688Barred spiral6.0 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).