NGC 1290
NGC 1290
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
120 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 120 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1290 as it looked roughly 120 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 1338Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1209Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 1189Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 1190Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1231Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1199Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1209Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 1189Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 1190Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1231Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1199Elliptical11 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).