NGC 1226
NGC 1226
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
287 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 287 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1226 as it looked roughly 287 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 1227Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 1900Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1212Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 290Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 1250Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 308Lenticular30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1900Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1212Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 290Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 1250Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 308Lenticular30 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).