NGC 1228
NGC 1228
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
485 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
215k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 485 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1228 as it looked roughly 485 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 1230Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1229Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 1102Spiral59 million ly
apartNGC 1192Elliptical69 million ly
apartNGC 1191Elliptical73 million ly
apartNGC 966Elliptical76 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1229Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 1102Spiral59 million ly
apartNGC 1192Elliptical69 million ly
apartNGC 1191Elliptical73 million ly
apartNGC 966Elliptical76 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).