NGC 1581
NGC 1581
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
75 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 75 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1581 as it looked roughly 75 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 1602Barred spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 1566Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1596Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartIC 2049Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1703Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 2009Irregular9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1566Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1596Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartIC 2049Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1703Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 2009Irregular9.9 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).