NGC 1144
NGC 1144
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
403 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 403 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1144 as it looked roughly 403 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 1149Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 1143Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 263Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 283Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1239Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 1072Spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1143Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 263Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 283Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1239Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 1072Spiral36 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).