NGC 1259
NGC 1259
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
269 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 269 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1259 as it looked roughly 269 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 1260Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 310Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1271Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartIC 290Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1212Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1278Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 310Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1271Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartIC 290Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1212Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1278Elliptical12 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).