NGC 1363
NGC 1363
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
453 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 453 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1363 as it looked roughly 453 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 1364Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1445Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 1447Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 350Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 1434Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 352Lenticular39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1445Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 1447Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 350Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 1434Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 352Lenticular39 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).