NGC 1009
NGC 1009
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
274 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 274 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1009 as it looked roughly 274 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 1021Spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 1827Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1038Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 237Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 234Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1101Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1827Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1038Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 237Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 234Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1101Lenticular23 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).