NGC 1020
NGC 1020
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
331 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 331 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1020 as it looked roughly 331 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 1007Galaxy2.0 million ly
apartNGC 993Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartIC 241Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1019Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1043Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 993Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartIC 241Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1019Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1043Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral14 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).