NGC 1272
NGC 1272
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
175 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 175 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1272 as it looked roughly 175 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 1122Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1293Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1213Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 309Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 1281Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1264Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1293Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1213Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 309Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 1281Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1264Barred spiral21 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).