NGC 1394
NGC 1394
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
197 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 197 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1394 as it looked roughly 197 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 1402Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 1391Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1388Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 1352Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1329Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1403Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1391Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1388Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 1352Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1329Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1403Elliptical14 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).