IC 1286
IC 1286
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
259 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 259 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1286 as it looked roughly 259 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 6532Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6566Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6691Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6449Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6497Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6493Spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6566Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6691Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6449Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6497Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6493Spiral37 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).