NGC 1824
NGC 1824
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1824 as it looked roughly 59 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 1688Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 1672Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2082Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 1559Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1947Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1892Spiral7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1672Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2082Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 1559Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1947Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1892Spiral7.3 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).