NGC 1164
NGC 1164
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
198 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 198 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1164 as it looked roughly 198 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 1106Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartIC 309Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1281Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 311Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1086Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1293Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 309Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1281Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 311Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1086Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1293Elliptical14 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).