NGC 1595
NGC 1595
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1595 as it looked roughly 218 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 1567Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1558Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1616Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1570Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 1680Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1585Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1558Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1616Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1570Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 1680Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1585Spiral22 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).