NGC 1380A
NGC 1380A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1380A as it looked roughly 73 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 1351Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartIC 335Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1365Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1437BSpiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1419Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1336Elliptical6.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 335Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1365Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1437BSpiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1419Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1336Elliptical6.8 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).