IC 1117
IC 1117
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
326 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 326 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1117 as it looked roughly 326 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 1118Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5852Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 1096Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 5851Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 5926Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1086Lenticular40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5852Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 1096Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 5851Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 5926Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1086Lenticular40 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).