NGC 1107
NGC 1107
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
160 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 160 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1107 as it looked roughly 160 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 1024Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1029Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 990Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 267Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1134Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 273Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1029Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 990Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 267Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1134Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 273Spiral18 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).