NGC 1404
NGC 1404
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
91 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
9.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 91 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1404 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
NGC 1427AIrregular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1350Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1341Spiral5.7 million ly
apartFornax BSpiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1382Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1326ASpiral6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1350Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1341Spiral5.7 million ly
apartFornax BSpiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1382Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1326ASpiral6.9 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).