IC 248
IC 248
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
413 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 413 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 248 as it looked roughly 413 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 1030Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 235Galaxy25 million ly
apartIC 1854Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 1857Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 1109Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 1855Lenticular35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 235Galaxy25 million ly
apartIC 1854Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 1857Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 1109Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 1855Lenticular35 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).