NGC 1709
NGC 1709
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
220 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 220 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1709 as it looked roughly 220 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 1762Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1713Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1678Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1685Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1670Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1691Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1713Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1678Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1685Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1670Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1691Lenticular16 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).