IC 119
IC 119
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
277 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 277 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 119 as it looked roughly 277 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
NGC 577Spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 1693Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 1696Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 564Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartIC 1705Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartIC 126Galaxy11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1693Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 1696Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 564Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartIC 1705Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartIC 126Galaxy11 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).