NGC 1317
NGC 1317
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
90 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
10.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 90 million ly from home, you are seeing Fornax B as it looked roughly 90 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 1341Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1326ASpiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1404Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1350Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1382Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartFornax ALenticular7.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1326ASpiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1404Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1350Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1382Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartFornax ALenticular7.4 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).