NGC 1351
NGC 1351
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
71 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 71 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1351 as it looked roughly 71 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 1380ALenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 1336Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1437BSpiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1399Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 1913Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1369Lenticular5.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1336Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1437BSpiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1399Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 1913Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1369Lenticular5.0 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).