NGC 1204
NGC 1204
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1204 as it looked roughly 203 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 291Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 1208Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1200Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1118Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1155Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1103Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1208Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1200Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1118Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1155Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1103Barred spiral17 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).