IC 1969
IC 1969
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
932 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
358k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 932 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1969 as it looked roughly 932 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 1974Spiral81 million ly
apartIC 1961Spiral84 million ly
apartIC 1915Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 1942 NED02Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 1945Lenticular140 million ly
apartIC 1951Barred spiral140 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1961Spiral84 million ly
apartIC 1915Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 1942 NED02Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 1945Lenticular140 million ly
apartIC 1951Barred spiral140 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).