NGC 1383
NGC 1383
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
91 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 91 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1383 as it looked roughly 91 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 346Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartNGC 1359Spiral2.5 million ly
apartIC 343Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1452Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 1953Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 1482Lenticular7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1359Spiral2.5 million ly
apartIC 343Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1452Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 1953Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 1482Lenticular7.7 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).