NGC 1213
NGC 1213
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
161 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 161 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1213 as it looked roughly 161 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 1264Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1268Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1122Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1272Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 292Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 316 NED02Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1268Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1122Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1272Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 292Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 316 NED02Spiral25 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).