NGC 1094
NGC 1094
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
299 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 299 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1094 as it looked roughly 299 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 1104Spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 1856Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 1004Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1016Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 246Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1008Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1856Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 1004Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1016Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 246Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1008Elliptical20 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).