NGC 1048
NGC 1048
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
541 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
186k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 541 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1048 as it looked roughly 541 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 1071Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1048ABarred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 985Irregular58 million ly
apartIC 250Spiral59 million ly
apartNGC 1139Lenticular78 million ly
apartNGC 1206Elliptical79 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1048ABarred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 985Irregular58 million ly
apartIC 250Spiral59 million ly
apartNGC 1139Lenticular78 million ly
apartNGC 1206Elliptical79 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).