NGC 1566
NGC 1566
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
70 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
148k ly
across
9.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 70 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1566 as it looked roughly 70 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 1596Lenticular1.5 million ly
apartNGC 1602Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1581Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 2049Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 2058Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1703Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1602Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1581Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 2049Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 2058Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1703Barred spiral8.1 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).