NGC 1359
NGC 1359
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1359 as it looked roughly 92 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 1383Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 346Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 343Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartIC 1953Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1452Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 1962Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 346Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 343Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartIC 1953Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1452Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 1962Barred spiral8.6 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).