NGC 1326B
NGC 1326B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
47 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 47 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1326B as it looked roughly 47 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 1389Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartNGC 1406Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 1993Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1411Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1484Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1510Lenticular8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1406Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 1993Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1411Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1484Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1510Lenticular8.3 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).