NGC 1354
NGC 1354
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
84 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 84 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1354 as it looked roughly 84 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 1407Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartIC 343Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1452Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 1464Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1377Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 1383Lenticular8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 343Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1452Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 1464Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1377Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 1383Lenticular8.9 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).