NGC 1089
NGC 1089
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
378 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
152k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 378 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1089 as it looked roughly 378 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 1105Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1075Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1120Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1074Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 269Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 1158Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1075Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1120Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1074Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 269Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 1158Lenticular25 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).