NGC 1212
NGC 1212
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
279 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 279 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1212 as it looked roughly 279 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 290Barred spiral530,000 ly
apartNGC 1250Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1271Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1278Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 1259Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1260Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1250Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1271Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1278Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 1259Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1260Lenticular14 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).