IC 1288
IC 1288
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
265 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 265 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1288 as it looked roughly 265 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 6646Spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 1289Galaxy9.3 million ly
apartNGC 6695Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6688Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6606Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6662Spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1289Galaxy9.3 million ly
apartNGC 6695Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6688Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6606Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6662Spiral36 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).