IC 1260
IC 1260
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
366 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 366 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1260 as it looked roughly 366 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 1259 NED01Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6391Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1258Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4650Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 6338Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6370Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6391Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1258Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4650Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 6338Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6370Elliptical20 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).