NGC 1097A
NGC 1097A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
62 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
18k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 62 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1097A as it looked roughly 62 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 1097Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 1826Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1079Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1292Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1187Spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 1919Elliptical9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1826Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1079Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1292Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1187Spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 1919Elliptical9.9 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).