NGC 1382
NGC 1382
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
85 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 85 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1382 as it looked roughly 85 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 1381Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 1326ASpiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1428Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1341Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1350Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1404Elliptical5.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1326ASpiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1428Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1341Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1350Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1404Elliptical5.7 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).