NGC 1222
NGC 1222
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
115 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 115 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1222 as it looked roughly 115 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 1299Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1121Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1248Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1320Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1266Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1321Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1121Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1248Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1320Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1266Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1321Spiral17 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).