NGC 1057
NGC 1057
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
272 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 272 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1057 as it looked roughly 272 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 917Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 1093Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1823Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 1060Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 1227Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 1793Spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1093Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1823Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 1060Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 1227Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 1793Spiral32 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).