IC 264
IC 264
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
345 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
16.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 345 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 264 as it looked roughly 345 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 1126Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1019Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1132Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 1020Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 1007Galaxy26 million ly
apartNGC 1043Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1019Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1132Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 1020Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 1007Galaxy26 million ly
apartNGC 1043Barred spiral27 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).