NGC 1421
NGC 1421
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
97 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 97 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1421 as it looked roughly 97 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 1357Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1309Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 1393Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartIC 346Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 1383Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 1359Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1309Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 1393Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartIC 346Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 1383Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 1359Spiral12 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).