NGC 1331
NGC 1331
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
61 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
16k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 61 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1331 as it looked roughly 61 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
IC 1898Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 345Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1390Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1426Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1398Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1362Lenticular7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 345Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1390Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1426Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1398Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1362Lenticular7.3 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).