NGC 1654
NGC 1654
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
211 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 211 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1654 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 1670Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1685Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1657Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1684Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 1653Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1659Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1685Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1657Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1684Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 1653Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1659Barred 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).