NGC 1029
NGC 1029
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
167 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 167 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1029 as it looked roughly 167 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 1024Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 990Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartIC 267Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1107Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1134Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1790Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 990Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartIC 267Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1107Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1134Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1790Spiral18 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).