NGC 1221
NGC 1221
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
406 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
173k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 406 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1221 as it looked roughly 406 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 1886Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartNGC 1223Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1239Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1225Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1287Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1202Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1223Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1239Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1225Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1287Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1202Barred spiral26 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).