NGC 1366
NGC 1366
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
55 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 55 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1366 as it looked roughly 55 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 1340Elliptical1.2 million ly
apartNGC 1406Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 1919Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartIC 1993Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1387Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1484Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1406Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 1919Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartIC 1993Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1387Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1484Barred spiral7.5 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).