NGC 1336
NGC 1336
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
67 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 67 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1336 as it looked roughly 67 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 1369Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 1399Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 1326Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1373Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1351ABarred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1379Elliptical4.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1399Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 1326Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1373Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1351ABarred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1379Elliptical4.0 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).