IC 1051
IC 1051
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
619 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 619 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1051 as it looked roughly 619 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 4507Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1061Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1062Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 4516Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 5748Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 4466Lenticular62 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1061Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1062Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 4516Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 5748Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 4466Lenticular62 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).