NGC 1061
NGC 1061
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
187 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 187 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1061 as it looked roughly 187 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 1050Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 968Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 890Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1066Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 974Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 987Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 968Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 890Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1066Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 974Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 987Lenticular24 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).