IC 1012
IC 1012
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
191 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 191 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1012 as it looked roughly 191 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 4442Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5657Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 4447Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartIC 4403Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5642Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5641Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5657Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 4447Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartIC 4403Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5642Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5641Spiral13 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).