IC 1105
IC 1105
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
510 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 510 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1105 as it looked roughly 510 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 5855Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5911Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 1087Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 5847Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1107Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 5814Spiral39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5911Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 1087Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 5847Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1107Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 5814Spiral39 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).