NGC 1320
NGC 1320
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
126 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 126 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1320 as it looked roughly 126 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 1321Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1289Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1222Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1299Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1121Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 277Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1289Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1222Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1299Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1121Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 277Barred spiral20 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).