NGC 379
NGC 379
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
260 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 260 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 379 as it looked roughly 260 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 386Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartNGC 373Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 407Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 388Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 1636Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartIC 1648Lenticular7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 373Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 407Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 388Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 1636Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartIC 1648Lenticular7.3 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).