NGC 1313A
NGC 1313A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
262 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 262 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1313A as it looked roughly 262 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 1244Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 1246Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1490Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1503Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1526Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1534Lenticular32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1246Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1490Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1503Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1526Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1534Lenticular32 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).