NGC 1335
NGC 1335
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
253 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 253 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1335 as it looked roughly 253 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 1273Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartPerseus ALenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1267Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 300Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 310Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1260Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartPerseus ALenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1267Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 300Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 310Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1260Lenticular17 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).