NGC 1162
NGC 1162
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
183 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 183 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1162 as it looked roughly 183 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 1195Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 287Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1200Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1247Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 291Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1118Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 287Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1200Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1247Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 291Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1118Lenticular15 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).