NGC 1081
NGC 1081
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
188 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 188 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1081 as it looked roughly 188 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 1083Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 1853Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1103Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1118Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1162Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1119Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1853Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1103Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1118Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1162Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1119Lenticular17 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).