NGC 1328
NGC 1328
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
288 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 288 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1328 as it looked roughly 288 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 1322Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1323Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1305Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1308Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1298Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1324Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1323Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1305Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1308Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1298Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1324Barred spiral25 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).