IC 291
IC 291
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
194 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 194 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 291 as it looked roughly 194 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 1200Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1204Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 1195Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1247Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1241Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1162Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1204Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 1195Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1247Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1241Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1162Elliptical14 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).