IC 1167
IC 1167
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
505 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 505 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1167 as it looked roughly 505 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 1168Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 1155Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1161Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1163Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1160Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 6022Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1155Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1161Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1163Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1160Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 6022Barred spiral20 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).