IC 1017
IC 1017
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
205 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 205 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1017 as it looked roughly 205 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 1020Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5659Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5629Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5635Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 4397Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 4452Spiral9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5659Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5629Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5635Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 4397Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 4452Spiral9.0 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).