IC 1131
IC 1131
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
93 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
23k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 93 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1131 as it looked roughly 93 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 5970Barred spiral470,000 ly
apartNGC 5956Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5953Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5954Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 5962Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5957Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5956Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5953Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5954Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 5962Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5957Barred spiral8.3 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).