IC 1056
IC 1056
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
186 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 186 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1056 as it looked roughly 186 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 5797Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5804Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5828Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5794Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5622Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5875Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5804Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5828Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5794Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5622Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5875Barred spiral26 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).