NGC 1648
NGC 1648
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
221 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 221 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1648 as it looked roughly 221 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 1646Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartIC 390Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 384Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartIC 389Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 387Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1614Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 390Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 384Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartIC 389Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 387Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1614Barred spiral10 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).