IC 1048
IC 1048
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
76 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 76 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1048 as it looked roughly 76 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 5692Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 5725Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 1066Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5690Spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 1067Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 5740Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5725Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 1066Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5690Spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 1067Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 5740Barred spiral5.0 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).