IC 1059
IC 1059
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
371 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 371 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1059 as it looked roughly 371 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 1054Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5776Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 1070Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1041Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1042Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 1068Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5776Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 1070Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1041Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1042Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 1068Elliptical33 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).