NGC 1149
NGC 1149
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
407 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 407 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1149 as it looked roughly 407 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 1144Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 1143Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 263Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 283Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 1239Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 1221Lenticular34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1143Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 263Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 283Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 1239Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 1221Lenticular34 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).