IC 1040
IC 1040
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
395 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 395 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1040 as it looked roughly 395 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 1044Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 5736Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1038Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5747 NED01Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5681Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1078Spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5736Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1038Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5747 NED01Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5681Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1078Spiral28 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).