IC 1073
IC 1073
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
385 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 385 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1073 as it looked roughly 385 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 1071Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 5765BSpiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 1070Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1068Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5776Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5718Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5765BSpiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 1070Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1068Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5776Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5718Elliptical24 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).