NGC 1583
NGC 1583
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
414 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
125k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 414 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1583 as it looked roughly 414 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 1584Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1561Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1565Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1564Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 1562Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 1630Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1561Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1565Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1564Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 1562Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 1630Lenticular24 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).