IC 1261 NED02
IC 1261 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
651 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 651 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1261 NED02 as it looked roughly 651 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
IC 1261 NED01Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 6461Spiral86 million ly
apartNGC 6456Elliptical87 million ly
apartNGC 6303Elliptical91 million ly
apartNGC 6463Elliptical92 million ly
apartNGC 6331Elliptical120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6461Spiral86 million ly
apartNGC 6456Elliptical87 million ly
apartNGC 6303Elliptical91 million ly
apartNGC 6463Elliptical92 million ly
apartNGC 6331Elliptical120 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).