NGC 1159
NGC 1159
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
122 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
17k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 122 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1159 as it looked roughly 122 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 284Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 1160Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1174Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1171Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1138Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1169Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1160Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1174Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1171Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1138Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1169Barred spiral13 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).