IC 1264
IC 1264
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
462 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
184k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 462 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1264 as it looked roughly 462 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 1262Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 6350Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 6312Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 6443Spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 6311Elliptical54 million ly
apartNGC 6363Elliptical56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6350Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 6312Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 6443Spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 6311Elliptical54 million ly
apartNGC 6363Elliptical56 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).