NGC 1339
NGC 1339
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1339 as it looked roughly 64 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 1351ABarred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1373Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 1374Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1379Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 1919Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartIC 1913Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1373Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 1374Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1379Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 1919Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartIC 1913Barred spiral4.7 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).