NGC 1297
NGC 1297
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
72 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 72 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1297 as it looked roughly 72 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 1300Barred spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 1345Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1332Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1353Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1258Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1325Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1345Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1332Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1353Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1258Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1325Barred spiral4.6 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).