IC 1035
IC 1035
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
423 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 423 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1035 as it looked roughly 423 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 5747 NED02Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1038Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 1040Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5747 NED01Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1044Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 5562Lenticular34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1038Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 1040Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5747 NED01Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1044Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 5562Lenticular34 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).