NGC 1135
NGC 1135
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
636 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 636 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1135 as it looked roughly 636 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 1879Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 1878Galaxy52 million ly
apartIC 1940Spiral68 million ly
apartIC 1929Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 1987 NED02Elliptical80 million ly
apartIC 1957Spiral81 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1878Galaxy52 million ly
apartIC 1940Spiral68 million ly
apartIC 1929Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 1987 NED02Elliptical80 million ly
apartIC 1957Spiral81 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).