NGC 1346
NGC 1346
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
187 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 187 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1346 as it looked roughly 187 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 1358Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1355Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1314Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1304Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1376Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1417Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1355Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1314Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1304Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1376Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1417Spiral12 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).