NGC 1369
NGC 1369
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1369 as it looked roughly 66 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 1399Elliptical1,000,000 ly
apartNGC 1427Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 1336Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 1379Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 1373Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 1460Lenticular2.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1427Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 1336Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 1379Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 1373Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 1460Lenticular2.9 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).