NGC 1
NGC 1
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1 as it looked roughly 213 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 23Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 26Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 9Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 43Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 97Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 39Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 26Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 9Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 43Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 97Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 39Spiral19 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).