IC 1133
IC 1133
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
189 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 189 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1133 as it looked roughly 189 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 5980Barred spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 5936Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6003Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6004Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1141Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6027BLenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5936Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6003Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6004Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1141Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6027BLenticular23 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).