IC 1013
IC 1013
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
215 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 215 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1013 as it looked roughly 215 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
NGC 5629Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 5659Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5553Spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 1017Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 5581Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5677Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5659Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5553Spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 1017Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 5581Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5677Barred spiral12 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).