NGC 1246
NGC 1246
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
250 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 250 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1246 as it looked roughly 250 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 1244Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 1313ABarred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1490Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1526Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 1503Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 1529Lenticular33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1313ABarred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1490Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1526Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 1503Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 1529Lenticular33 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).