NGC 1074
NGC 1074
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
362 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 362 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1074 as it looked roughly 362 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 1075Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 1105Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1099Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1100Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 254Galaxy12 million ly
apartNGC 1098Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1105Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1099Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1100Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 254Galaxy12 million ly
apartNGC 1098Elliptical17 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).