NGC 1564
NGC 1564
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
429 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 429 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1564 as it looked roughly 429 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 1565Spiral800,000 ly
apartNGC 1562Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 1563Galaxy6.8 million ly
apartIC 367Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 1561Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartIC 2064Galaxy16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1562Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 1563Galaxy6.8 million ly
apartIC 367Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 1561Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartIC 2064Galaxy16 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).