NGC 1589
NGC 1589
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
177 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
158k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 177 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1589 as it looked roughly 177 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 1593Lenticular1.5 million ly
apartNGC 1587Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartIC 366Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 1550Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1586Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 364Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1587Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartIC 366Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 1550Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1586Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 364Lenticular12 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).