IC 1269
IC 1269
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
284 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 284 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1269 as it looked roughly 284 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 6513Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1268Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6580Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6527Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 6549Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 6379Spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1268Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6580Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6527Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 6549Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 6379Spiral36 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).