IC 1291
IC 1291
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
91 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 91 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1291 as it looked roughly 91 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 6703Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6757Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1265Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6764Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6348Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6796Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6757Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1265Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6764Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6348Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6796Barred spiral24 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).