NGC 1095
NGC 1095
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
297 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 297 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1095 as it looked roughly 297 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 1101Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartIC 1819Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 246Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1004Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1085Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1016Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1819Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 246Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1004Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1085Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1016Elliptical20 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).