NGC 1384
NGC 1384
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
458 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 458 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1384 as it looked roughly 458 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 1977Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 355Spiral66 million ly
apartIC 1890Lenticular69 million ly
apartIC 279Barred spiral74 million ly
apartNGC 1462Spiral75 million ly
apartIC 1894Lenticular76 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 355Spiral66 million ly
apartIC 1890Lenticular69 million ly
apartIC 279Barred spiral74 million ly
apartNGC 1462Spiral75 million ly
apartIC 1894Lenticular76 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).