NGC 1350
NGC 1350
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
89 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
10.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 89 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1350 as it looked roughly 89 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 1404Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1382Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1326ASpiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1341Spiral5.9 million ly
apartFornax BSpiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1381Lenticular7.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1382Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1326ASpiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1341Spiral5.9 million ly
apartFornax BSpiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1381Lenticular7.0 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).