NGC 1600
NGC 1600
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
221 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
214k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 221 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1600 as it looked roughly 221 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 1610Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1576Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1625Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1622Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1613Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1601Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1576Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1625Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1622Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1613Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1601Lenticular12 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).