IC 1210
IC 1210
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
135 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 135 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1210 as it looked roughly 135 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 5989Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5982Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5987Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6306Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6258Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6307Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5982Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5987Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6306Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6258Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6307Lenticular17 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).