NGC 1315
NGC 1315
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1315 as it looked roughly 79 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 1325Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1232Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1347 NED01Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1395Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 1377Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1300Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1232Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1347 NED01Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1395Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 1377Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1300Barred spiral6.1 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).