NGC 1224
NGC 1224
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
240 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 240 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1224 as it looked roughly 240 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 288Spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 294Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1277Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1267Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartPerseus ALenticular8.9 million ly
apartIC 312Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 294Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1277Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1267Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartPerseus ALenticular8.9 million ly
apartIC 312Elliptical11 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).