IC 262
IC 262
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
253 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 253 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 262 as it looked roughly 253 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 265Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1131Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1129Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartIC 259Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartIC 266Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1175Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1131Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1129Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartIC 259Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartIC 266Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1175Lenticular12 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).