NGC 1362
NGC 1362
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
54 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
21k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 54 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1362 as it looked roughly 54 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 1390Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1370Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1331Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartIC 345Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 1898Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1340Elliptical10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1370Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1331Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartIC 345Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 1898Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1340Elliptical10 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).