NGC 1275
NGC 1275
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing Perseus A as it looked roughly 245 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 1267Elliptical1,000,000 ly
apartNGC 1273Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 300Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1224Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1277Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 288Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1273Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 300Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1224Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1277Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 288Spiral11 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).