IC 114
IC 114
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
106 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 106 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 114 as it looked roughly 106 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 532Spiral1.4 million ly
apartNGC 509Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartIC 101Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 485Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 525Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 524Lenticular7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 509Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartIC 101Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 485Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 525Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 524Lenticular7.3 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).