NGC 1223
NGC 1223
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
412 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
161k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 412 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1223 as it looked roughly 412 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 1886Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1221Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1225Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1239Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1202Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1287Spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1221Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1225Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1239Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1202Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1287Spiral24 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).