NGC 1175
NGC 1175
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
257 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 257 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1175 as it looked roughly 257 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 1177Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartIC 300Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 265Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 262Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1131Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 310Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 300Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 265Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 262Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1131Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 310Lenticular13 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).