NGC 1109
NGC 1109
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
416 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 416 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1109 as it looked roughly 416 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 1111Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1115Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1857Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1855Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1112Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 1028Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1115Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1857Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1855Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1112Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 1028Spiral27 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).