NGC 1160
NGC 1160
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
120 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 120 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1160 as it looked roughly 120 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 1159Spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 284Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 1174Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1171Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1169Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1138Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 284Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 1174Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1171Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1169Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1138Lenticular10 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).