NGC 1050
NGC 1050
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
181 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 181 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1050 as it looked roughly 181 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 968Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1061Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 890Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1086Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 995Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 1066Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1061Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 890Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1086Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 995Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 1066Elliptical26 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).