NGC 1210
NGC 1210
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1210 as it looked roughly 185 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 1895Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1319Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1256Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 1928Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 1301Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 1403Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1319Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1256Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 1928Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 1301Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 1403Elliptical31 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).