IC 1072
IC 1072
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
485 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 485 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1072 as it looked roughly 485 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 1087Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5769Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 5814Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 5855Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 1082Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 5790Lenticular44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5769Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 5814Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 5855Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 1082Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 5790Lenticular44 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).