IC 1069
IC 1069
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
525 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
225k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 525 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1069 as it looked roughly 525 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 5779Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5788Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5902Lenticular50 million ly
apartNGC 5683Lenticular58 million ly
apartIC 1031Elliptical64 million ly
apartIC 1032Spiral65 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5788Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5902Lenticular50 million ly
apartNGC 5683Lenticular58 million ly
apartIC 1031Elliptical64 million ly
apartIC 1032Spiral65 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).