NGC 1097
NGC 1097
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
181k ly
across
9.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1097 as it looked roughly 59 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 1097AElliptical3.6 million ly
apartIC 1826Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartIC 1919Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1079Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1292Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 1340Elliptical9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1826Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartIC 1919Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1079Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1292Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 1340Elliptical9.8 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).