NGC 1615
NGC 1615
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
158 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 158 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1615 as it looked roughly 158 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
IC 374Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 1517Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 359Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 1590Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 1542Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 363Elliptical50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1517Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 359Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 1590Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 1542Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 363Elliptical50 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).