NGC 1185
NGC 1185
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1185 as it looked roughly 225 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 1214Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1215Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 1154Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 1897Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1216Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1155Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1215Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 1154Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 1897Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1216Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1155Lenticular13 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).