NGC 348
NGC 348
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
412 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 412 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 348 as it looked roughly 412 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 238Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 159Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 212Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 215Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 1617Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 312Elliptical39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 159Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 212Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 215Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 1617Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 312Elliptical39 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).