NGC 359
NGC 359
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
250 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 250 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 359 as it looked roughly 250 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 391Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 1639Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 1607Spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 1643Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 430Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 426Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1639Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 1607Spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 1643Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 430Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 426Elliptical11 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).