NGC 1073
NGC 1073
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
56 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 56 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1073 as it looked roughly 56 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 1068Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 936Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 961Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1035Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1055Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1110Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 936Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 961Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1035Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1055Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1110Barred spiral11 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).