NGC 1316
NGC 1316
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
83 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
323k ly
across
8.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 83 million ly from home, you are seeing Fornax A as it looked roughly 83 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 1310Spiral710,000 ly
apartNGC 1316CLenticular1.7 million ly
apartNGC 1326ASpiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 1341Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1381Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1382Elliptical5.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1316CLenticular1.7 million ly
apartNGC 1326ASpiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 1341Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1381Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1382Elliptical5.8 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).