NGC 1283
NGC 1283
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
313 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 313 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1283 as it looked roughly 313 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 1294Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1274Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 320Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 308Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 1279Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 1250Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1274Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 320Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 308Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 1279Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 1250Lenticular29 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).