NGC 1310
NGC 1310
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
82 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 82 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1310 as it looked roughly 82 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
Fornax ALenticular710,000 ly
apartNGC 1316CLenticular1.5 million ly
apartNGC 1326ASpiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1381Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1341Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1382Elliptical6.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1316CLenticular1.5 million ly
apartNGC 1326ASpiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1381Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1341Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1382Elliptical6.3 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).