NGC 1063
NGC 1063
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
430 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
181k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 430 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1063 as it looked roughly 430 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 1108Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 1069Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1082Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1064Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 1078Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 1202Barred spiral43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1069Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1082Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1064Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 1078Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 1202Barred spiral43 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).