NGC 1072
NGC 1072
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
373 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 373 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1072 as it looked roughly 373 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
IC 263Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 1143Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 264Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 233Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 1080Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 1126Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1143Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 264Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 233Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 1080Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 1126Barred 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).