NGC 1412
NGC 1412
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
80 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 80 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1412 as it looked roughly 80 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 1395Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 1302Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1439Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartIC 1952Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1347 NED01Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1422Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1302Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1439Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartIC 1952Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1347 NED01Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1422Barred spiral8.0 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).