IC 1009
IC 1009
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
362 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 362 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1009 as it looked roughly 362 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 5644Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5591 NED02Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5591 NED01Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5627Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 993Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5647Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5591 NED02Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5591 NED01Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5627Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 993Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5647Spiral18 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).