NGC 1387
NGC 1387
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
10.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1387 as it looked roughly 59 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 1436Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 1374Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 1919Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 1351ABarred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1379Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1373Elliptical4.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1374Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 1919Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 1351ABarred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1379Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1373Elliptical4.8 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).