NGC 1349
NGC 1349
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
309 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 309 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1349 as it looked roughly 309 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
IC 1956Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 331Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 329Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 1280Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 1298Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 338Spiral39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 331Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 329Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 1280Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 1298Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 338Spiral39 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).