IC 1102
IC 1102
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
587 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
178k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 587 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1102 as it looked roughly 587 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 1106Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 1107Spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 5920Lenticular55 million ly
apartNGC 5865Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 1122Barred spiral61 million ly
apartIC 1121Elliptical62 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1107Spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 5920Lenticular55 million ly
apartNGC 5865Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 1122Barred spiral61 million ly
apartIC 1121Elliptical62 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).