IC 1081
IC 1081
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
142 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 142 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1081 as it looked roughly 142 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 5815Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 5796Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5810Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5791Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5728Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5757Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5796Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5810Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5791Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5728Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5757Barred spiral15 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).