NGC 1196
NGC 1196
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
159 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 159 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1196 as it looked roughly 159 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 spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1182Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1125Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1114Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1242Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1234Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1182Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1125Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1114Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1242Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1234Spiral21 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).