NGC 1117
NGC 1117
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
352 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 352 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1117 as it looked roughly 352 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 1116Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 1839Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1168Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1166Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 255Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1088 NED01Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1839Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1168Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1166Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 255Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1088 NED01Lenticular25 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).