NGC 1713
NGC 1713
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
209 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 209 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1713 as it looked roughly 209 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 1709Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1685Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1684Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1682Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1670Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1654Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1685Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1684Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1682Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1670Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1654Barred spiral14 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).