NGC 1025
NGC 1025
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
296 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 296 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1025 as it looked roughly 296 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 852Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1096Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 782Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 754Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 1031Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 745 NED03Elliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1096Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 782Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 754Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 1031Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 745 NED03Elliptical34 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).