IC 1044
IC 1044
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
392 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
172k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 392 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1044 as it looked roughly 392 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
IC 1040Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 5736Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1038Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 5747 NED01Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5681Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 1078Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5736Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1038Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 5747 NED01Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5681Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 1078Spiral27 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).