IC 1037
IC 1037
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
427 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 427 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1037 as it looked roughly 427 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 1036Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 4480Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 4486Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 1047Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5711Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4483Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4480Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 4486Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 1047Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5711Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4483Barred spiral15 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).