NGC 1031
NGC 1031
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
262 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
173k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 262 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1031 as it looked roughly 262 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 1136Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 795Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 1025Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 745 NED01Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 745 NED03Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 754Elliptical38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 795Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 1025Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 745 NED01Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 745 NED03Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 754Elliptical38 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).