IC 130
IC 130
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
631 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
138k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 631 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 130 as it looked roughly 631 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 125Galaxy45 million ly
apartIC 95Galaxy47 million ly
apartIC 86Lenticular48 million ly
apartNGC 417Elliptical65 million ly
apartIC 99Spiral70 million ly
apartIC 144Elliptical70 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 95Galaxy47 million ly
apartIC 86Lenticular48 million ly
apartNGC 417Elliptical65 million ly
apartIC 99Spiral70 million ly
apartIC 144Elliptical70 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).