IC 266
IC 266
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
243 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 243 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 266 as it looked roughly 243 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 1129Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1131Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 265Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartIC 262Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartIC 288Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1224Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1131Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 265Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartIC 262Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartIC 288Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1224Elliptical14 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).