IC 1212
IC 1212
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
453 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 453 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1212 as it looked roughly 453 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 6095Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 6024Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 6170Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 6191Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 1225Barred spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 6088 NED02Elliptical54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6024Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 6170Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 6191Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 1225Barred spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 6088 NED02Elliptical54 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).