NGC 1172
NGC 1172
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
77 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 77 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1172 as it looked roughly 77 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 271Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1232Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 1179Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1300Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 1297Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1140Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1232Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 1179Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1300Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 1297Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1140Barred spiral9.3 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).