NGC 1092
NGC 1092
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
418 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 418 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1092 as it looked roughly 418 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 1091Spiral440,000 ly
apartIC 1866Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 1150Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 1157Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 1151Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 967Elliptical30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1866Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 1150Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 1157Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 1151Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 967Elliptical30 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).