NGC 1106
NGC 1106
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
202 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 202 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1106 as it looked roughly 202 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 1005Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1164Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1000Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 999Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1086Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 996Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1164Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1000Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 999Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1086Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 996Elliptical16 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).