NGC 380
NGC 380
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
207 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 207 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 380 as it looked roughly 207 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 394Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 384Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 295Galaxy11 million ly
apartIC 1680Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1682Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1619Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 384Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 295Galaxy11 million ly
apartIC 1680Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1682Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1619Lenticular12 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).