NGC 1134
NGC 1134
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
169 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 169 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1134 as it looked roughly 169 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 267Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 1029Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1024Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 990Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1107Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 1790Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1029Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1024Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 990Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1107Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 1790Spiral26 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).