NGC 1258
NGC 1258
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
69 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 69 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1258 as it looked roughly 69 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 1297Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1332Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1306Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 1300Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1187Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1353Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1332Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1306Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 1300Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1187Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1353Barred spiral5.7 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).