NGC 1163
NGC 1163
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
105 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 105 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1163 as it looked roughly 105 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 1231Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1145Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1076Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1309Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1189Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1393Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1145Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1076Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1309Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1189Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1393Lenticular17 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).