IC 1161
IC 1161
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
514 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 514 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1161 as it looked roughly 514 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 1160Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartIC 1168Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 6023Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 1167Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1155Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1188BSpiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1168Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 6023Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 1167Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1155Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1188BSpiral19 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).