NGC 1015
NGC 1015
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
123 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 123 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1015 as it looked roughly 123 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 1032Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1121Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 1090Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 277Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1222Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 895Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1121Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 1090Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 277Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1222Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 895Spiral20 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).