IC 1010
IC 1010
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
358 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
158k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 358 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1010 as it looked roughly 358 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 1011Spiral1.2 million ly
apartIC 992Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1007Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 989Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 5501Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 986Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 992Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1007Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 989Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 5501Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 986Elliptical27 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).