NGC 1100
NGC 1100
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
357 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
170k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 357 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1100 as it looked roughly 357 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 1099Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 1098Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 1074Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1075Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1105Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 254Galaxy17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1098Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 1074Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1075Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1105Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 254Galaxy17 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).