NGC 1137
NGC 1137
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
141 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 141 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1137 as it looked roughly 141 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 1153Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 277Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 273Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1090Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1211Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1032Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 277Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 273Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1090Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1211Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1032Lenticular18 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).