NGC 1628
NGC 1628
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
172 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 172 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1628 as it looked roughly 172 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 1627Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 1656Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartIC 2102Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1586Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1620Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 373Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1656Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartIC 2102Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1586Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1620Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 373Lenticular16 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).