NGC 1158
NGC 1158
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
394 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 394 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1158 as it looked roughly 394 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
IC 269Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1120Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 272Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 270Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1089Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 1157Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1120Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 272Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 270Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1089Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 1157Barred spiral25 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).