NGC 356
NGC 356
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
273 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 273 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 356 as it looked roughly 273 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 342Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 349Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 350Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 347Galaxy13 million ly
apartNGC 340Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 293Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 349Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 350Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 347Galaxy13 million ly
apartNGC 340Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 293Barred spiral15 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).