IC 1061
IC 1061
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
614 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 614 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1061 as it looked roughly 614 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 1062Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartIC 4507Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1051Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 4516Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 5748Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 1094 NED01Elliptical62 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4507Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1051Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 4516Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 5748Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 1094 NED01Elliptical62 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).