IC 1296
IC 1296
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
238 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 238 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1296 as it looked roughly 238 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 6713Galaxy7.7 million ly
apartNGC 6665Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6662Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6700Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6688Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 6710Lenticular36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6665Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6662Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6700Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6688Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 6710Lenticular36 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).