NGC 1248
NGC 1248
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
103 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 103 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1248 as it looked roughly 103 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 1266Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1299Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1222Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1253ABarred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1309Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1338Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1299Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1222Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1253ABarred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1309Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1338Spiral20 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).