IC 1209
IC 1209
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
417 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
165k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 417 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1209 as it looked roughly 417 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 6113Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 6084Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6083Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6078Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6099Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 6047Elliptical35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6084Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6083Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6078Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6099Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 6047Elliptical35 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).