NGC 1361
NGC 1361
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1361 as it looked roughly 245 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 344Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1397Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1285Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1303Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1424Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1324Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1397Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1285Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1303Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1424Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1324Barred spiral22 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).