IC 1008 NED02
IC 1008 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
419 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 419 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1008 NED02 as it looked roughly 419 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 1008 NED01Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 4425Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4427Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4408Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4450Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4422Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4425Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4427Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4408Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4450Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4422Elliptical16 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).