NGC 1989
NGC 1989
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
501 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
251k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 501 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1989 as it looked roughly 501 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 1992Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartIC 408Lenticular60 million ly
apartIC 411Lenticular76 million ly
apartIC 2125Lenticular83 million ly
apartIC 2119Barred spiral120 million ly
apartNGC 1692Lenticular120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 408Lenticular60 million ly
apartIC 411Lenticular76 million ly
apartIC 2125Lenticular83 million ly
apartIC 2119Barred spiral120 million ly
apartNGC 1692Lenticular120 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).