IC 1241
IC 1241
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1241 as it looked roughly 226 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 6297Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 1248Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6247Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6244Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6206Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6291Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1248Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6247Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6244Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6206Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6291Elliptical25 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).