IC 1193
IC 1193
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
564 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 564 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1193 as it looked roughly 564 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 1191 NED02Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartIC 1195Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 1189Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 6056Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1194Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 1191 NED01Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1195Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 1189Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 6056Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1194Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 1191 NED01Spiral22 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).