IC 1095
IC 1095
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
401 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 401 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1095 as it looked roughly 401 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 5837Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1078Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1079Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 5747 NED01Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 5758Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 5736Lenticular46 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1078Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1079Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 5747 NED01Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 5758Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 5736Lenticular46 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).