NGC 1286
NGC 1286
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
201 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 201 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1286 as it looked roughly 201 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 1241Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1208Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1304Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1346Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1247Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1376Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1208Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1304Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1346Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1247Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1376Spiral20 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).