IC 120
IC 120
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
219 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 219 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 120 as it looked roughly 219 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 138Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 535Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 565Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 558Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 530Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1694Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 535Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 565Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 558Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 530Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1694Elliptical16 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).