NGC 1021
NGC 1021
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
271 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 271 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1021 as it looked roughly 271 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 1009Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 1827Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1038Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 237Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 234Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1101Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1827Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1038Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 237Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 234Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1101Lenticular24 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).