NGC 394
NGC 394
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 394 as it looked roughly 210 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 380Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartIC 1619Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 392Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartIC 1680Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 295Galaxy11 million ly
apartIC 1618Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1619Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 392Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartIC 1680Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 295Galaxy11 million ly
apartIC 1618Lenticular11 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).