IC 256
IC 256
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
414 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 414 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 256 as it looked roughly 414 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 260Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1077BBarred spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 1077ABarred spiral52 million ly
apartIC 257Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 275 NED02Elliptical53 million ly
apartNGC 1265Elliptical79 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1077BBarred spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 1077ABarred spiral52 million ly
apartIC 257Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 275 NED02Elliptical53 million ly
apartNGC 1265Elliptical79 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).