NGC 331
NGC 331
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
337 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 337 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 331 as it looked roughly 337 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 355Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 76Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 1556Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 116Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 64Barred spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 301Spiral52 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 76Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 1556Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 116Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 64Barred spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 301Spiral52 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).