IC 1000
IC 1000
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
262 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 262 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1000 as it looked roughly 262 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 999Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5628Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5490CBarred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 982Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 983Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5525Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5628Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5490CBarred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 982Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 983Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5525Lenticular17 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).