NGC 1550
NGC 1550
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
172 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 172 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1550 as it looked roughly 172 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
IC 366Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 363Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1542Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 364Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 1587Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 1589Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 363Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1542Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 364Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 1587Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 1589Spiral11 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).