NGC 1079
NGC 1079
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
68 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 68 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1079 as it looked roughly 68 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 1826Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1097AElliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1187Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1097Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1292Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 1913Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1097AElliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1187Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1097Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1292Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 1913Barred spiral10 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).