NGC 1140
NGC 1140
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
70 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 70 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1140 as it looked roughly 70 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 1052Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 271Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1084Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 988Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1022Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1042Spiral7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 271Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1084Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 988Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1022Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1042Spiral7.2 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).