NGC 1200
NGC 1200
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
189 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
160k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 189 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1200 as it looked roughly 189 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 1195Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartIC 291Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1162Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1247Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 287Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1241Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 291Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1162Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1247Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 287Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1241Barred spiral12 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).