NGC 1054
NGC 1054
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
456 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 456 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1054 as it looked roughly 456 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
IC 1832Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 1854Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 279Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 248Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 1127Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 1803Elliptical45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1854Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 279Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 248Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 1127Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 1803Elliptical45 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).