NGC 1234
NGC 1234
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
175 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 175 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1234 as it looked roughly 175 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 1242Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1247Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 287Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1241Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1195Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1304Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1247Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 287Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1241Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1195Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1304Elliptical17 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).