NGC 1301
NGC 1301
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1301 as it looked roughly 185 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 1319Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartIC 1928Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1402Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1329Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1394Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1352Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1928Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1402Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1329Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1394Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1352Lenticular20 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).