NGC 1214
NGC 1214
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1214 as it looked roughly 225 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 1215Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 1185Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 1897Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1238Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 1216Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 1154Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1185Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 1897Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1238Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 1216Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 1154Spiral11 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).