NGC 1294
NGC 1294
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
306 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 306 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1294 as it looked roughly 306 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 1283Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1274Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 308Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 320Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1250Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 1278Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1274Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 308Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 320Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1250Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 1278Elliptical25 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).