NGC 1395
NGC 1395
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
9.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1395 as it looked roughly 79 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 1439Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 1422Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 1347 NED01Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1377Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1414Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1315Lenticular5.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1422Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 1347 NED01Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1377Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1414Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1315Lenticular5.4 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).