NGC 1292
NGC 1292
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1292 as it looked roughly 64 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 1306Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1398Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 1339Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartIC 1898Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1187Spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 1913Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1398Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 1339Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartIC 1898Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1187Spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 1913Barred spiral7.0 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).