NGC 375
NGC 375
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
273 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 273 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 375 as it looked roughly 273 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 431Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1636Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 379Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1668Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 407Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 386Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1636Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 379Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1668Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 407Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 386Elliptical14 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).