NGC 1155
NGC 1155
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1155 as it looked roughly 214 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 1154Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 1208Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1185Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1214Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1204Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1045Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1208Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1185Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1214Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1204Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1045Elliptical17 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).