NGC 1099
NGC 1099
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
359 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
220k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 359 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1099 as it looked roughly 359 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 1100Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 1074Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1075Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1098Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1105Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 254Galaxy18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1074Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1075Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1098Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1105Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 254Galaxy18 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).