NGC 1358
NGC 1358
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
188 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 188 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1358 as it looked roughly 188 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 1346Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1355Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1376Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1417Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1314Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1304Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1355Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1376Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1417Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1314Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1304Elliptical11 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).