NGC 1022
NGC 1022
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
69 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 69 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1022 as it looked roughly 69 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 1052Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartNGC 963Irregular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1084Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 988Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 991Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1042Spiral4.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 963Irregular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1084Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 988Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 991Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1042Spiral4.9 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).