IC 299
IC 299
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
448 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 448 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 299 as it looked roughly 448 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 1203AElliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1296Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1263Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 306Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1180Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 1181Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1296Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1263Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 306Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1180Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 1181Barred spiral25 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).