IC 1004
IC 1004
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
717 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
198k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 717 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1004 as it looked roughly 717 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 4426Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 4429Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 4410Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4439Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 4417Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 4440Lenticular34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4429Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 4410Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4439Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 4417Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 4440Lenticular34 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).