NGC 1084
NGC 1084
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
65 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
10.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 65 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1084 as it looked roughly 65 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 1042Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 1047Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 1110Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 1052Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1022Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 961Spiral5.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1047Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 1110Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 1052Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1022Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 961Spiral5.8 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).