NGC 1044 NED02
NGC 1044 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
309 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 309 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1044 NED02 as it looked roughly 309 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 998Galaxy10 million ly
apartNGC 997 NED02Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1842Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1044 NED01Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1095Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 975Lenticular28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 997 NED02Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1842Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1044 NED01Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1095Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 975Lenticular28 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).