NGC 1323
NGC 1323
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
282 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 282 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1323 as it looked roughly 282 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 1322Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1328Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1305Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 1308Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1324Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1298Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1328Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1305Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 1308Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1324Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1298Elliptical25 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).