NGC 1262
NGC 1262
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
1.7 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
476k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.7 billion ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1262 as it looked roughly 1.7 billion 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 1757Elliptical840 million ly
apartIC 1969Spiral1.0 billion ly
apartNGC 815 NED02Galaxy1.0 billion ly
apartIC 236Lenticular1.0 billion ly
apartIC 1741Lenticular1.1 billion ly
apartIC 77Lenticular1.1 billion ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1969Spiral1.0 billion ly
apartNGC 815 NED02Galaxy1.0 billion ly
apartIC 236Lenticular1.0 billion ly
apartIC 1741Lenticular1.1 billion ly
apartIC 77Lenticular1.1 billion 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).