IC 1206
IC 1206
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
473 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 473 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1206 as it looked roughly 473 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 1198Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6074 NED02Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 6065Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6066Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6029Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 1220Elliptical39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6074 NED02Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 6065Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6066Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6029Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 1220Elliptical39 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).