NGC 1326
NGC 1326
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
10.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1326 as it looked roughly 64 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 1351ABarred spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 1373Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 1379Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 1336Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1374Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1369Lenticular3.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1373Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 1379Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 1336Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1374Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1369Lenticular3.7 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).