NGC 1154
NGC 1154
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1154 as it looked roughly 218 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 1155Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 1185Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 1214Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1208Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1215Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1045Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1185Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 1214Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1208Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1215Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1045Elliptical17 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).