IC 1220
IC 1220
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
462 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
167k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 462 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1220 as it looked roughly 462 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 1206Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 6219Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 6225Elliptical42 million ly
apartIC 4621Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 6230 NED01Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 1198Barred spiral53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6219Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 6225Elliptical42 million ly
apartIC 4621Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 6230 NED01Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 1198Barred spiral53 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).