NGC 1670
NGC 1670
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1670 as it looked roughly 214 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 1685Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1654Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1684Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1678Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1659Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1682Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1654Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1684Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1678Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1659Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1682Elliptical11 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).