NGC 1229
NGC 1229
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
516 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 516 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1229 as it looked roughly 516 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 1230Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1228Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 1102Spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 1139Lenticular85 million ly
apartNGC 966Elliptical86 million ly
apartNGC 1327Barred spiral89 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1228Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 1102Spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 1139Lenticular85 million ly
apartNGC 966Elliptical86 million ly
apartNGC 1327Barred spiral89 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).