NGC 1260
NGC 1260
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
267 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 267 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1260 as it looked roughly 267 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 1259Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartIC 310Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1271Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1177Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 290Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1212Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 310Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1271Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1177Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 290Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1212Lenticular14 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).