IC 1237
IC 1237
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
405 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
232k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 405 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1237 as it looked roughly 405 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 6346Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 1250Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 1252Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6338Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 6382Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 6370Elliptical36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1250Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 1252Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6338Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 6382Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 6370Elliptical36 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).