NGC 1208
NGC 1208
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
209 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 209 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1208 as it looked roughly 209 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 1155Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1154Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1204Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1286Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1185Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1214Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1154Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1204Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1286Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1185Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1214Lenticular16 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).