NGC 1046
NGC 1046
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
278 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 278 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1046 as it looked roughly 278 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 975Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1044 NED01Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 238Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 1101Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 1842Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 997 NED02Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1044 NED01Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 238Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 1101Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 1842Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 997 NED02Elliptical26 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).