NGC 1034
NGC 1034
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
68 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
16k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 68 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1034 as it looked roughly 68 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 908Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 988Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 1140Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1052Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 899Irregular9.1 million ly
apartIC 223Irregular9.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 988Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 1140Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1052Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 899Irregular9.1 million ly
apartIC 223Irregular9.5 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).