NGC 1299
NGC 1299
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
108 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 108 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1299 as it looked roughly 108 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 1248Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1222Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1266Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1338Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1320Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1309Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1222Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1266Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1338Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1320Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1309Barred spiral19 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).