NGC 1090
NGC 1090
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
130 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
125k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 130 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1090 as it looked roughly 130 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 1032Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1015Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 1121Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 277Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1137Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1289Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1015Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 1121Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 277Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1137Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1289Lenticular19 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).