IC 1129
IC 1129
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
305 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 305 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1129 as it looked roughly 305 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 5939Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 6091Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 5881Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1201Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1214Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 1049Spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6091Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 5881Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1201Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1214Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 1049Spiral45 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).