NGC 1337
NGC 1337
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
58 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 58 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1337 as it looked roughly 58 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 1390Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1110Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 345Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1035Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1362Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 961Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1110Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 345Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1035Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1362Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 961Spiral12 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).