IC 1265
IC 1265
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
101 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 101 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1265 as it looked roughly 101 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 6339Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 6348Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1291Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6703Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 6675Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6155Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6348Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1291Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6703Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 6675Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6155Barred spiral28 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).