IC 1011
IC 1011
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
359 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 359 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1011 as it looked roughly 359 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 1010Barred spiral1.2 million ly
apartIC 992Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1007Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 989Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 5501Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 1041Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 992Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1007Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 989Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 5501Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 1041Barred spiral27 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).