IC 1256
IC 1256
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
222 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 222 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1256 as it looked roughly 222 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 6372Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 6485Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6504Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 6581Elliptical43 million ly
apartIC 4697Spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 6571Elliptical46 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6485Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6504Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 6581Elliptical43 million ly
apartIC 4697Spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 6571Elliptical46 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).