NGC 1288
NGC 1288
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
143k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1288 as it looked roughly 212 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 1904Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 1885Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1906Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1864Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1165Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1492Spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1885Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1906Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1864Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1165Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1492Spiral33 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).