IC 1289
IC 1289
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
255 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 255 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1289 as it looked roughly 255 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 1288Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 6695Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6646Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6688Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6606Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6713Galaxy34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6695Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6646Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6688Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6606Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6713Galaxy34 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).