NGC 1256
NGC 1256
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
202 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 202 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1256 as it looked roughly 202 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 1928Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1352Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1319Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1329Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1403Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1301Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1352Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1319Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1329Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1403Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1301Barred spiral21 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).