NGC 1558
NGC 1558
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
211 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
187k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 211 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1558 as it looked roughly 211 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 1570Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1616Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1567Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 2068Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1595Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1585Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1616Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1567Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 2068Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1595Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1585Spiral14 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).