NGC 1024
NGC 1024
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
163 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 163 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1024 as it looked roughly 163 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 990Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 1029Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1107Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 267Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1134Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1790Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1029Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1107Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 267Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1134Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1790Spiral19 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).