NGC 1169
NGC 1169
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
111 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 111 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1169 as it looked roughly 111 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 1138Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1160Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1159Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1282Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 284Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1174Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1160Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1159Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1282Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 284Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1174Barred spiral18 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).