NGC 357
NGC 357
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
114 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 114 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 357 as it looked roughly 114 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 493Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 474Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 470Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 520 NED02Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 488Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 520 NED01Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 474Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 470Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 520 NED02Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 488Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 520 NED01Spiral26 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).