NGC 1055
NGC 1055
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
46 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
10.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 46 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1055 as it looked roughly 46 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 1068Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1073Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 936Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1035Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 961Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1337Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1073Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 936Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1035Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 961Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1337Barred spiral17 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).