NGC 1199
NGC 1199
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
127 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 127 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1199 as it looked roughly 127 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 1188Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartNGC 1190Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1209Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1189Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1290Galaxy11 million ly
apartIC 276Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1190Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1209Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1189Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1290Galaxy11 million ly
apartIC 276Lenticular12 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).