NGC 1138
NGC 1138
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
111 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 111 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1138 as it looked roughly 111 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 1169Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1160Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1159Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1282Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 284Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1174Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1160Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1159Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1282Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 284Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1174Barred spiral17 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).