NGC 1355
NGC 1355
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
184 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 184 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1355 as it looked roughly 184 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 1358Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1346Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1314Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1304Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 1451Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1453Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1346Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1314Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1304Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 1451Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1453Elliptical11 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).