NGC 324
NGC 324
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
161 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 161 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 324 as it looked roughly 161 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 424Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 438Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1608Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 491ASpiral25 million ly
apartIC 1657Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 92Spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 438Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1608Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 491ASpiral25 million ly
apartIC 1657Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 92Spiral28 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).