NGC 1114
NGC 1114
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
163 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 163 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1114 as it looked roughly 163 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 1125Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1196Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 285Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 944Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 276Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1182Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1196Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 285Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 944Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 276Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1182Spiral25 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).