NGC 1284
NGC 1284
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
419 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
228k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 419 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1284 as it looked roughly 419 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 303Galaxy14 million ly
apartIC 306Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1296Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 318Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 1202Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 299Lenticular38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 306Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1296Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 318Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 1202Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 299Lenticular38 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).