NGC 1340
NGC 1340
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
55 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
10.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 55 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1340 as it looked roughly 55 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 1366Lenticular1.2 million ly
apartIC 1919Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1406Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 1993Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1387Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1436Spiral8.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1919Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1406Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 1993Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1387Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1436Spiral8.1 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).