NGC 354
NGC 354
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
220 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 220 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 354 as it looked roughly 220 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 304Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 251Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 214Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 169ALenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 169Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 1584Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 251Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 214Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 169ALenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 169Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 1584Spiral25 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).