NGC 1253A
NGC 1253A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
85 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 85 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1253A as it looked roughly 85 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 1253Spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 1870Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1266Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1087Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 271Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1248Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1870Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1266Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1087Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 271Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1248Lenticular19 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).