IC 1181
IC 1181
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
475 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 475 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1181 as it looked roughly 475 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 1182Lenticular2.0 million ly
apartNGC 6054Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartIC 1178Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 6034Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 6045Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 6044Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6054Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartIC 1178Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 6034Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 6045Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 6044Lenticular11 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).