NGC 1241
NGC 1241
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
190 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
149k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 190 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1241 as it looked roughly 190 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 1247Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1200Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1195Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 291Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1286Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1242Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1200Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1195Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 291Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1286Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1242Barred spiral15 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).