NGC 1390
NGC 1390
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
57 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
24k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 57 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1390 as it looked roughly 57 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 1362Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 345Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1331Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1370Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 1898Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 1426Elliptical9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 345Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1331Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1370Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 1898Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 1426Elliptical9.4 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).