IC 1124
IC 1124
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
247 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 247 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1124 as it looked roughly 247 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 4553Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4534Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 6008Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 5829Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 4517Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 5857Barred spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4534Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 6008Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 5829Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 4517Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 5857Barred spiral35 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).