NGC 1610
NGC 1610
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1610 as it looked roughly 216 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 1613Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1600Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1621Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 1604Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 1625Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1576Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1600Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1621Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 1604Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 1625Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1576Elliptical11 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).