NGC 1370
NGC 1370
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
50 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
22k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 50 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1370 as it looked roughly 50 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 1362Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1390Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1406Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 1340Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1366Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1331Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1390Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1406Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 1340Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1366Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1331Elliptical12 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).