IC 1199
IC 1199
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
221 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 221 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1199 as it looked roughly 221 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 1196Spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 1149Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6081Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 6132Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1174Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6073Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1149Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6081Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 6132Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1174Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6073Spiral26 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).