NGC 1188
NGC 1188
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
128 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 128 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1188 as it looked roughly 128 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 1199Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartNGC 1190Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 1209Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1189Spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 276Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1290Galaxy12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1190Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 1209Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1189Spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 276Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1290Galaxy12 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).