NGC 1381
NGC 1381
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
83 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 83 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1381 as it looked roughly 83 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 1428Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 1382Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 1316CLenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1326ASpiral4.7 million ly
apartFornax ALenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1310Spiral5.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1382Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 1316CLenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1326ASpiral4.7 million ly
apartFornax ALenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1310Spiral5.2 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).