NGC 1295
NGC 1295
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
231 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 231 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1295 as it looked roughly 231 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 1897Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1238Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1215Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1216Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 1214Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 1185Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1238Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1215Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1216Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 1214Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 1185Barred spiral26 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).