NGC 1101
NGC 1101
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
289 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 289 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1101 as it looked roughly 289 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 1095Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 1819Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1038Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1009Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1827Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1004Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1819Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1038Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1009Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1827Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1004Elliptical23 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).