NGC 1357
NGC 1357
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
93 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 93 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1357 as it looked roughly 93 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 1421Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1383Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 346Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1309Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 1354Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1359Spiral9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1383Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 346Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1309Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 1354Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1359Spiral9.4 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).