NGC 1148
NGC 1148
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1148 as it looked roughly 242 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 1152Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1133Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 1216Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1215Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1185Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1214Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1133Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 1216Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1215Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1185Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1214Lenticular21 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).