NGC 1565
NGC 1565
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
428 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 428 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1565 as it looked roughly 428 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 1564Lenticular800,000 ly
apartNGC 1562Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 1563Galaxy7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1561Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartIC 367Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1584Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1562Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 1563Galaxy7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1561Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartIC 367Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1584Elliptical16 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).