NGC 1282
NGC 1282
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
102 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 102 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1282 as it looked roughly 102 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 1138Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1161Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1169Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1160Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1159Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 284Spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1161Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1169Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1160Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1159Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 284Spiral24 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).