NGC 1379
NGC 1379
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1379 as it looked roughly 64 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 1373Elliptical410,000 ly
apartNGC 1374Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 1351ABarred spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 1427Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 1369Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 1399Elliptical2.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1374Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 1351ABarred spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 1427Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 1369Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 1399Elliptical2.7 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).