NGC 1217
NGC 1217
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
292 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
160k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 292 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1217 as it looked roughly 292 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 1875Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 1862Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 1858Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 1859Barred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 1860Elliptical54 million ly
apartIC 1810Spiral54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1862Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 1858Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 1859Barred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 1860Elliptical54 million ly
apartIC 1810Spiral54 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).