NGC 1249
NGC 1249
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
50 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 50 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1249 as it looked roughly 50 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
IC 1896Spiral1.4 million ly
apartIC 1933Spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 1954Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 1914Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1433Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 2004Lenticular7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1933Spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 1954Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 1914Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1433Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 2004Lenticular7.2 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).