NGC 1127
NGC 1127
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
456 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 456 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1127 as it looked roughly 456 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
IC 279Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 1111Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 1857Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 1109Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 1054Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 1873Lenticular45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1111Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 1857Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 1109Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 1054Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 1873Lenticular45 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).