NGC 1064
NGC 1064
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
431 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 431 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1064 as it looked roughly 431 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 1069Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1078Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1108Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1082Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 1063Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 247Barred spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1078Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1108Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1082Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 1063Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 247Barred spiral41 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).