NGC 1316C
NGC 1316C
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1316C as it looked roughly 81 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 1310Spiral1.5 million ly
apartFornax ALenticular1.7 million ly
apartNGC 1381Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1326ASpiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1365Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1419Elliptical5.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartFornax ALenticular1.7 million ly
apartNGC 1381Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1326ASpiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1365Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1419Elliptical5.6 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).