NGC 1087
NGC 1087
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
71 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 71 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1087 as it looked roughly 71 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
IC 1870Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 955Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 225Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 963Irregular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 941Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1022Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 955Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 225Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 963Irregular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 941Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1022Barred spiral8.2 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).