IC 69
IC 69
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
234 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 234 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 69 as it looked roughly 234 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 311Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 385Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 383Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 374Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 398Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 403Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 385Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 383Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 374Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 398Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 403Lenticular10 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).