NGC 1133
NGC 1133
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
247 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 247 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1133 as it looked roughly 247 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 1152Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1148Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 1216Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1215Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 1185Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 1238Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1148Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 1216Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1215Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 1185Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 1238Elliptical25 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).