NGC 1273
NGC 1273
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
249 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 249 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1273 as it looked roughly 249 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 1267Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartPerseus ALenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 300Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1335Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 1224Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 288Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartPerseus ALenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 300Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1335Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 1224Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 288Spiral13 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).