NGC 1270
NGC 1270
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
229 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 229 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1270 as it looked roughly 229 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 312Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartIC 301Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1277Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartIC 294Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartIC 293Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 1224Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 301Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1277Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartIC 294Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartIC 293Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 1224Elliptical12 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).