IC 1251
IC 1251
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
56 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
20k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 56 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1251 as it looked roughly 56 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 6340Lenticular840,000 ly
apartIC 1254Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 6395Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartIC 4660Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 6236Spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 1218Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1254Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 6395Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartIC 4660Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 6236Spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 1218Barred spiral6.6 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).