NGC 1326A
NGC 1326A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
85 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 85 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1326A as it looked roughly 85 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 1341Spiral2.0 million ly
apartFornax ALenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 1310Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1382Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1316CLenticular4.6 million ly
apartFornax BSpiral4.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartFornax ALenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 1310Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1382Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1316CLenticular4.6 million ly
apartFornax BSpiral4.6 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).