IC 1219
IC 1219
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
488 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
186k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 488 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1219 as it looked roughly 488 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 4609Elliptical39 million ly
apartIC 1224Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 6055Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 1185Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 1190Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 1186Barred spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1224Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 6055Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 1185Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 1190Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 1186Barred spiral42 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).