NGC 1071
NGC 1071
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
545 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
193k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 545 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1071 as it looked roughly 545 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 1048Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1048ABarred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 985Irregular56 million ly
apartIC 250Spiral60 million ly
apartNGC 1139Lenticular78 million ly
apartNGC 1206Elliptical78 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1048ABarred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 985Irregular56 million ly
apartIC 250Spiral60 million ly
apartNGC 1139Lenticular78 million ly
apartNGC 1206Elliptical78 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).