NGC 1085
NGC 1085
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
188k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1085 as it looked roughly 316 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 1844Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartIC 1843Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 1836Galaxy5.2 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 246Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 241Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1843Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 1836Galaxy5.2 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 246Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 241Elliptical16 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).