NGC 389
NGC 389
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
247 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 247 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 389 as it looked roughly 247 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 317ASpiral20 million ly
apartNGC 551Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 317BBarred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 605Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 536Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1675Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 551Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 317BBarred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 605Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 536Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1675Spiral27 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).