NGC 1279
NGC 1279
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
335 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
17.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 335 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1279 as it looked roughly 335 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
IC 320Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1265Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1283Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 1902Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1294Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 1274Elliptical37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1265Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1283Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 1902Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1294Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 1274Elliptical37 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).