NGC 1250
NGC 1250
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
284 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
193k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 284 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1250 as it looked roughly 284 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 1278Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1271Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1212Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartIC 290Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 308Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1274Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1271Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1212Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartIC 290Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 308Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1274Elliptical15 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).