IC 1031
IC 1031
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
509 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 509 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1031 as it looked roughly 509 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 1032Spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 5683Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5723Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5721Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5717Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5722Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5683Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5723Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5721Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5717Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5722Elliptical16 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).