NGC 1206
NGC 1206
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
486 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 486 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1206 as it looked roughly 486 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 1880Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 317Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 299Lenticular53 million ly
apartNGC 1139Lenticular56 million ly
apartIC 268Spiral59 million ly
apartIC 306Spiral60 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 317Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 299Lenticular53 million ly
apartNGC 1139Lenticular56 million ly
apartIC 268Spiral59 million ly
apartIC 306Spiral60 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).