NGC 1150
NGC 1150
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
422 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 422 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1150 as it looked roughly 422 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 1151Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 1157Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 1866Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartIC 270Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 272Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1181Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1157Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 1866Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartIC 270Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 272Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1181Barred spiral19 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).