NGC 1139
NGC 1139
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
491 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
146k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 491 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1139 as it looked roughly 491 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 250Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 268Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 1192Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 1880Elliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 1191Elliptical54 million ly
apartNGC 1180Elliptical54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 268Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 1192Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 1880Elliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 1191Elliptical54 million ly
apartNGC 1180Elliptical54 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).