NGC 1207
NGC 1207
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
223 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 223 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1207 as it looked roughly 223 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 278Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartIC 304Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1233Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 293Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1874Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 294Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 304Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1233Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 293Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1874Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 294Lenticular14 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).