IC 1154
IC 1154
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
532 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
274k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 532 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1154 as it looked roughly 532 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 1147Galaxy44 million ly
apartNGC 6289Elliptical59 million ly
apartNGC 6303Elliptical70 million ly
apartNGC 6288Elliptical76 million ly
apartNGC 6461Spiral94 million ly
apartNGC 5340Elliptical94 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6289Elliptical59 million ly
apartNGC 6303Elliptical70 million ly
apartNGC 6288Elliptical76 million ly
apartNGC 6461Spiral94 million ly
apartNGC 5340Elliptical94 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).