IC 1024
IC 1024
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
67 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
22k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 67 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1024 as it looked roughly 67 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 5577Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 5576Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5701Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5645Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5566Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5770Lenticular6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5576Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5701Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5645Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5566Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5770Lenticular6.6 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).