IC 1094 NED02
IC 1094 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
622 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 622 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1094 NED02 as it looked roughly 622 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 1093Spiral1.6 million ly
apartIC 1094 NED01Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartIC 1094 NED03Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4516Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 1062Lenticular62 million ly
apartIC 1061Elliptical62 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1094 NED01Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartIC 1094 NED03Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4516Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 1062Lenticular62 million ly
apartIC 1061Elliptical62 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).