NGC 1656
NGC 1656
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
179 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 179 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1656 as it looked roughly 179 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 1627Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1694Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 1700Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 1628Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 1699Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 2102Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1694Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 1700Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 1628Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 1699Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 2102Barred spiral11 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).