IC 1255
IC 1255
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
421 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 421 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1255 as it looked roughly 421 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 4621Spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 6452Galaxy74 million ly
apartNGC 6219Lenticular76 million ly
apartNGC 6224Elliptical79 million ly
apartNGC 6308Spiral80 million ly
apartNGC 6230 NED02Elliptical86 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6452Galaxy74 million ly
apartNGC 6219Lenticular76 million ly
apartNGC 6224Elliptical79 million ly
apartNGC 6308Spiral80 million ly
apartNGC 6230 NED02Elliptical86 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).