NGC 1120
NGC 1120
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
394 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
205k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 394 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1120 as it looked roughly 394 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
IC 269Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1158Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1089Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 272Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 270Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 247Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1158Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1089Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 272Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 270Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 247Barred spiral24 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).