NGC 1201
NGC 1201
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
10.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1201 as it looked roughly 79 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 1255Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 1302Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1232Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 1315Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 1325Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1347 NED01Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1302Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1232Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 1315Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 1325Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1347 NED01Spiral10 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).