NGC 328
NGC 328
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
342 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
245k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 342 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 328 as it looked roughly 342 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 1615Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 323Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 1650Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1605Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1674Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 312Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 323Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 1650Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1605Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1674Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 312Elliptical31 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).