NGC 1280
NGC 1280
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
318 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 318 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1280 as it looked roughly 318 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 1298Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 331Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 329Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 1308Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 1882Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 1305Elliptical30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 331Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 329Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 1308Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 1882Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 1305Elliptical30 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).