IC 1222
IC 1222
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
430 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
189k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 430 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1222 as it looked roughly 430 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 6241Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1223Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6159Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 6146Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 6160Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 6180Elliptical44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1223Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6159Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 6146Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 6160Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 6180Elliptical44 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).