IC 1119 NED02
IC 1119 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
454 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 454 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1119 NED02 as it looked roughly 454 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 1119 NED01Galaxy6.4 million ly
apartIC 1136Lenticular58 million ly
apartNGC 5887Lenticular61 million ly
apartIC 1080Elliptical62 million ly
apartNGC 5955Barred spiral72 million ly
apartNGC 5814Spiral76 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1136Lenticular58 million ly
apartNGC 5887Lenticular61 million ly
apartIC 1080Elliptical62 million ly
apartNGC 5955Barred spiral72 million ly
apartNGC 5814Spiral76 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).