IC 128
IC 128
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
248 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 248 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 128 as it looked roughly 248 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 129Lenticular290,000 ly
apartNGC 589Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 593Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 599Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartIC 1714Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 601Galaxy14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 589Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 593Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 599Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartIC 1714Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 601Galaxy14 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).