NGC 1105
NGC 1105
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
365 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 365 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1105 as it looked roughly 365 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 1075Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1074Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 254Galaxy13 million ly
apartNGC 1089Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1099Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1100Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1074Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 254Galaxy13 million ly
apartNGC 1089Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1099Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1100Spiral15 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).