NGC 1612
NGC 1612
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1612 as it looked roughly 236 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 1601Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1618Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1606Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1603Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1622Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1625Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1618Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1606Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1603Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1622Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1625Barred spiral13 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).