NGC 334
NGC 334
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
429 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 429 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 334 as it looked roughly 429 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 365Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 378Spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 427Barred spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 572Lenticular54 million ly
apartNGC 612Lenticular55 million ly
apartNGC 623Elliptical56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 378Spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 427Barred spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 572Lenticular54 million ly
apartNGC 612Lenticular55 million ly
apartNGC 623Elliptical56 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).