NGC 1264
NGC 1264
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
154 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 154 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1264 as it looked roughly 154 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 1268Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1213Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 292Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 316 NED02Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 316 NED01Galaxy17 million ly
apartNGC 1122Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1213Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 292Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 316 NED02Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 316 NED01Galaxy17 million ly
apartNGC 1122Spiral21 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).