NGC 1314
NGC 1314
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1314 as it looked roughly 185 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 1304Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartNGC 1346Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1355Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1358Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1376Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1417Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1346Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1355Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1358Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1376Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1417Spiral18 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).