NGC 1230
NGC 1230
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
502 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 502 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1230 as it looked roughly 502 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 1229Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1228Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1102Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 966Elliptical80 million ly
apartNGC 1192Elliptical81 million ly
apartNGC 1139Lenticular81 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1228Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1102Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 966Elliptical80 million ly
apartNGC 1192Elliptical81 million ly
apartNGC 1139Lenticular81 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).