NGC 1231
NGC 1231
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
111 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 111 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1231 as it looked roughly 111 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 1163Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1189Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1290Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 1209Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1190Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1309Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1189Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1290Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 1209Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1190Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1309Barred spiral13 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).