NGC 1613
NGC 1613
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
211 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 211 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1613 as it looked roughly 211 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 1621Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 1610Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1604Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1594Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1609Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 1600Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1610Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1604Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1594Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1609Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 1600Elliptical11 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).