NGC 321
NGC 321
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 321 as it looked roughly 226 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 273Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 329Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 352Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 341Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 345Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 364Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 329Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 352Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 341Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 345Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 364Lenticular23 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).