IC 1262
IC 1262
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
456 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
218k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 456 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1262 as it looked roughly 456 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 1264Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 6350Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 6443Spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 6312Elliptical49 million ly
apartNGC 6363Elliptical50 million ly
apartIC 1263Barred spiral52 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6350Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 6443Spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 6312Elliptical49 million ly
apartNGC 6363Elliptical50 million ly
apartIC 1263Barred spiral52 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).