NGC 1271
NGC 1271
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
278 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 278 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1271 as it looked roughly 278 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 1278Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1250Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1259Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartIC 290Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1212Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1260Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1250Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1259Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartIC 290Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1212Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1260Lenticular11 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).