IC 1236
IC 1236
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
283 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 283 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1236 as it looked roughly 283 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 6321Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6347Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6314Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6315Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 6375Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 6379Spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6347Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6314Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6315Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 6375Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 6379Spiral42 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).