IC 1159
IC 1159
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
484 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 484 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1159 as it looked roughly 484 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 1165 NED02Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartIC 1165 NED01Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartIC 1163Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 6022Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1155Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6034Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1165 NED01Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartIC 1163Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 6022Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1155Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6034Elliptical18 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).