NGC 1389
NGC 1389
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
47 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 47 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1389 as it looked roughly 47 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 1326BBarred spiral2.0 million ly
apartIC 1993Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1406Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1484Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1411Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1531Elliptical7.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1993Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1406Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1484Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1411Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1531Elliptical7.0 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).