NGC 1341
NGC 1341
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
87 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 87 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1341 as it looked roughly 87 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 1326ASpiral2.0 million ly
apartFornax BSpiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1382Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartFornax ALenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1310Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1381Lenticular5.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartFornax BSpiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1382Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartFornax ALenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1310Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1381Lenticular5.7 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).