NGC 355
NGC 355
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
338 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 338 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 355 as it looked roughly 338 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
IC 76Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 331Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 301Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 567Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 367Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 1556Barred spiral47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 331Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 301Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 567Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 367Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 1556Barred spiral47 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).