NGC 1405
NGC 1405
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
75 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 75 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1405 as it looked roughly 75 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 1440Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1345Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1464Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1422Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 1414Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 1353Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1345Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1464Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1422Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 1414Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 1353Barred spiral8.2 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).