IC 1071
IC 1071
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
389 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 389 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1071 as it looked roughly 389 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 1073Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 5765BSpiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 1068Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1070Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5776Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5718Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5765BSpiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 1068Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1070Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5776Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5718Elliptical25 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).