IC 1092
IC 1092
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
299 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 299 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1092 as it looked roughly 299 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 5851Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5852Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 5926Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1118Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 1086Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 1117Spiral48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5852Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 5926Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1118Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 1086Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 1117Spiral48 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).