NGC 1161
NGC 1161
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1161 as it looked roughly 92 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 1282Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 1198Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1138Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1169Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1160Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 1159Spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1198Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1138Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1169Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1160Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 1159Spiral30 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).