NGC 1289
NGC 1289
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
132 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 132 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1289 as it looked roughly 132 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 1321Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1320Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 277Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1222Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1090Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1121Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1320Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 277Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1222Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1090Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1121Lenticular19 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).