NGC 351
NGC 351
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 351 as it looked roughly 196 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 353Barred spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 307Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 271Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 81Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 259Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 245Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 307Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 271Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 81Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 259Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 245Barred spiral14 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).