NGC 1044 NED01
NGC 1044 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
291 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 291 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1044 NED01 as it looked roughly 291 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 975Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1046Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 997 NED02Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 998Galaxy17 million ly
apartIC 1842Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1044 NED02Galaxy19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1046Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 997 NED02Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 998Galaxy17 million ly
apartIC 1842Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1044 NED02Galaxy19 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).