NGC 1267
NGC 1267
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
246 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 246 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1267 as it looked roughly 246 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
Perseus ALenticular1,000,000 ly
apartNGC 1273Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartIC 300Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1224Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartIC 288Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1277Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1273Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartIC 300Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1224Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartIC 288Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1277Lenticular11 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).