IC 1196
IC 1196
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
228 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 228 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1196 as it looked roughly 228 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
IC 1199Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 6081Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1149Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6132Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1174Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6021Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6081Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1149Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6132Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1174Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6021Elliptical25 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).