NGC 1005
NGC 1005
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
202 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 202 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1005 as it looked roughly 202 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 1000Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1106Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 999Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 912Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 996Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 995Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1106Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 999Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 912Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 996Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 995Lenticular15 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).