IC 257
IC 257
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
362 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
203k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 362 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 257 as it looked roughly 362 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 1265Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 260Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 256Elliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 1279Lenticular54 million ly
apartNGC 1077ABarred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 320Spiral65 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 260Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 256Elliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 1279Lenticular54 million ly
apartNGC 1077ABarred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 320Spiral65 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).