NGC 1006
NGC 1006
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
219 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 219 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1006 as it looked roughly 219 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 1045Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1011Spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 1818Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 977Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 950Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 981Spiral8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1011Spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 1818Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 977Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 950Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 981Spiral8.3 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).