NGC 1130
NGC 1130
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
286 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 286 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1130 as it looked roughly 286 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 258Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1212Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 290Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1250Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 308Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 982Spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1212Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 290Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1250Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 308Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 982Spiral24 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).