NGC 1182
NGC 1182
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
151 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 151 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1182 as it looked roughly 151 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
IC 285Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1196Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 276Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 1125Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 1211Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 1242Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1196Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 276Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 1125Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 1211Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 1242Barred spiral25 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).