NGC 1227
NGC 1227
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1227 as it looked roughly 261 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 1900Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 1901Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1226Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 1093Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 305Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 310Lenticular28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1901Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1226Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 1093Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 305Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 310Lenticular28 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).