NGC 1329
NGC 1329
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1329 as it looked roughly 203 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 1352Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 1391Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1388Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1394Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1402Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1928Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1391Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1388Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1394Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1402Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1928Spiral15 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).