NGC 1397
NGC 1397
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
258 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 258 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1397 as it looked roughly 258 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
IC 344Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 1424Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1361Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1324Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1303Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1285Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1424Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1361Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1324Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1303Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1285Barred spiral30 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).