NGC 1179
NGC 1179
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
83 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 83 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1179 as it looked roughly 83 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 1232Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1172Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1315Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 1347 NED01Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1201Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1255Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1172Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1315Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 1347 NED01Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1201Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1255Spiral11 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).