IC 1268
IC 1268
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
291 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 291 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1268 as it looked roughly 291 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 1269Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6549Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6375Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 6379Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 4676Galaxy31 million ly
apartIC 4691Elliptical35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6549Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6375Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 6379Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 4676Galaxy31 million ly
apartIC 4691Elliptical35 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).