NGC 1265
NGC 1265
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
351 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
194k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 351 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1265 as it looked roughly 351 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 1279Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 320Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1902Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 1283Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 1294Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 257Elliptical46 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 320Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1902Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 1283Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 1294Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 257Elliptical46 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).