NGC 1324
NGC 1324
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
264 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
182k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 264 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1324 as it looked roughly 264 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 1303Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1397Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 344Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1424Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1361Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 1323Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1397Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 344Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1424Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1361Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 1323Lenticular22 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).