NGC 1000
NGC 1000
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
206 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 206 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1000 as it looked roughly 206 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 999Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1005Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 996Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 912Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1106Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1001Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1005Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 996Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 912Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1106Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1001Spiral11 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).