NGC 329
NGC 329
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 329 as it looked roughly 245 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 352Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 345Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 327Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 325Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 268Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 347Galaxy17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 345Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 327Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 325Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 268Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 347Galaxy17 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).