IC 1204
IC 1204
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
356 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 356 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1204 as it looked roughly 356 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 6079Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 6071Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartIC 1187Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 6048Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartIC 1215Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1216Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6071Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartIC 1187Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 6048Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartIC 1215Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1216Spiral11 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).