NGC 1364
NGC 1364
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
444 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 444 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1364 as it looked roughly 444 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 1363Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1445Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 350Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 1447Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 1434Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 328Spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1445Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 350Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 1447Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 1434Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 328Spiral38 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).