NGC 1157
NGC 1157
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
419 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 419 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1157 as it looked roughly 419 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 1150Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1151Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartIC 1866Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartIC 270Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 272Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1181Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1151Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartIC 1866Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartIC 270Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 272Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1181Barred spiral21 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).