IC 1197
IC 1197
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
63 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 63 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1197 as it looked roughly 63 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 6106Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5921Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5984Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6118Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5841Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 5838Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5921Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5984Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6118Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5841Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 5838Elliptical18 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).