NGC 1181
NGC 1181
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
439 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 439 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1181 as it looked roughly 439 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 1180Elliptical1.2 million ly
apartNGC 1191Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1203AElliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1192Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 1151Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1150Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1191Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1203AElliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1192Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 1151Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1150Lenticular19 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).