NGC 1070
NGC 1070
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
191 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 191 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1070 as it looked roughly 191 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 1026Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1194Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1029Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 1107Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 1024Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 1134Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1194Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1029Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 1107Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 1024Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 1134Barred spiral34 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).