NGC 1365
NGC 1365
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
76 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
267k ly
across
10.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 76 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1365 as it looked roughly 76 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
IC 335Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 1419Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 1380ALenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1316CLenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1428Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 1351Elliptical6.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1419Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 1380ALenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1316CLenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1428Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 1351Elliptical6.0 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).