IC 1168
IC 1168
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
512 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
196k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 512 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1168 as it looked roughly 512 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 1167Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 1161Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartIC 1160Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1155Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6023Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1163Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1161Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartIC 1160Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1155Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6023Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1163Elliptical20 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).