NGC 1372
NGC 1372
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
437 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 437 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1372 as it looked roughly 437 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 1413Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1368Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 327Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 328Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 321Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 318Spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1368Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 327Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 328Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 321Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 318Spiral33 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).