NGC 341
NGC 341
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 341 as it looked roughly 214 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 277Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 273Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 321Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 195Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 351Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 353Barred spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 273Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 321Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 195Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 351Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 353Barred spiral32 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).