IC 1223
IC 1223
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
416 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 416 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1223 as it looked roughly 416 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 1222Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6241Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6090 NED02Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 6090 NED01Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 6157Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 1237Barred spiral48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6241Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6090 NED02Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 6090 NED01Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 6157Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 1237Barred spiral48 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).