NGC 399
NGC 399
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
243 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 243 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 399 as it looked roughly 243 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 382Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 410Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 383Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartIC 1652Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 403Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 374Lenticular8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 410Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 383Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartIC 1652Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 403Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 374Lenticular8.9 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).