IC 1143
IC 1143
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
303 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 303 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1143 as it looked roughly 303 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 1139Galaxy8.6 million ly
apartNGC 6252Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6251Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 5712Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 4470Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5295Elliptical35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6252Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6251Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 5712Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 4470Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5295Elliptical35 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).