IC 1006
IC 1006
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
239 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 239 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1006 as it looked roughly 239 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 5610Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5559Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5637Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 4420Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 5548Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5513Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5559Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5637Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 4420Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 5548Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5513Lenticular18 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).