NGC 1244
NGC 1244
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
255 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 255 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1244 as it looked roughly 255 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 1246Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 1313ABarred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 1490Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1526Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 1503Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 1534Lenticular34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1313ABarred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 1490Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1526Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 1503Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 1534Lenticular34 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).