NGC 385
NGC 385
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
232 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 232 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 385 as it looked roughly 232 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 398Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartNGC 374Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 397Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 420Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 403Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 383Elliptical5.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 374Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 397Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 420Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 403Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 383Elliptical5.7 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).