NGC 1216
NGC 1216
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1216 as it looked roughly 236 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 1238Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1215Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 1897Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1214Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 1185Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1148Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1215Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 1897Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1214Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 1185Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1148Barred spiral15 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).