IC 1062
IC 1062
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
609 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
167k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 609 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1062 as it looked roughly 609 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 1061Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartIC 4507Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1051Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 4516Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 5748Barred spiral52 million ly
apartIC 1094 NED01Elliptical61 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4507Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1051Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 4516Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 5748Barred spiral52 million ly
apartIC 1094 NED01Elliptical61 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).