NGC 364
NGC 364
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
238 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 238 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 364 as it looked roughly 238 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 426Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 359Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 391Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 84Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1639Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 352Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 359Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 391Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 84Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1639Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 352Barred spiral16 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).