IC 1099
IC 1099
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
413 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 413 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1099 as it looked roughly 413 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 5862Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5807Elliptical56 million ly
apartNGC 5502Lenticular61 million ly
apartNGC 5835Spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 5830Barred spiral64 million ly
apartIC 1074Barred spiral64 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5807Elliptical56 million ly
apartNGC 5502Lenticular61 million ly
apartNGC 5835Spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 5830Barred spiral64 million ly
apartIC 1074Barred spiral64 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).