IC 1231
IC 1231
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
247 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 247 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1231 as it looked roughly 247 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 6213Galaxy5.4 million ly
apartNGC 6198Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 6291Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 6187Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6246Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6206Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6198Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 6291Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 6187Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6246Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6206Lenticular13 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).