NGC 1588
NGC 1588
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
163 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 163 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1588 as it looked roughly 163 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 1586Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1620Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 1587Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartIC 363Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1635Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1638Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1620Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 1587Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartIC 363Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1635Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1638Lenticular12 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).