NGC 1048A
NGC 1048A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
525 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 525 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1048A as it looked roughly 525 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 1048Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1071Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 250Spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 1206Elliptical68 million ly
apartNGC 1139Lenticular68 million ly
apartNGC 985Irregular74 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1071Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 250Spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 1206Elliptical68 million ly
apartNGC 1139Lenticular68 million ly
apartNGC 985Irregular74 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).