NGC 1242
NGC 1242
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
175 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 175 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1242 as it looked roughly 175 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 1234Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1247Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 287Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1195Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1241Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1162Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1247Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 287Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1195Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1241Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1162Elliptical17 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).