IC 270
IC 270
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
412 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
215k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 412 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 270 as it looked roughly 412 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
IC 272Barred spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 1157Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1150Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1866Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1151Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1158Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1157Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1150Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1866Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1151Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1158Lenticular17 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).