IC 1226
IC 1226
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
248 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 248 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1226 as it looked roughly 248 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 6131Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 6154Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1211Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 6257Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 6246ASpiral41 million ly
apartNGC 6143Spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6154Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1211Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 6257Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 6246ASpiral41 million ly
apartNGC 6143Spiral41 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).