NGC 1266
NGC 1266
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
101 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 101 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1266 as it looked roughly 101 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 1248Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1299Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1222Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1253ABarred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1253Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1357Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1299Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1222Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1253ABarred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1253Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1357Spiral22 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).