IC 469
IC 469
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
98 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 98 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 469 as it looked roughly 98 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 2268Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2300Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartIC 467Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 2336Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 455Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 499Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2300Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartIC 467Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 2336Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 455Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 499Spiral10 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).