NGC 1187
NGC 1187
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
65 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
10.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 65 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1187 as it looked roughly 65 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 1898Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1258Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1306Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1292Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1331Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartIC 1826Lenticular8.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1258Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1306Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1292Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1331Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartIC 1826Lenticular8.0 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).