IC 1082
IC 1082
IC 1082 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo about 514 million ly from Earth. It spans roughly 130,000 ly, about the width of our Milky Way. The light reaching us tonight left it about 514 million years ago.
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
514 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 514 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1082 as it looked roughly 514 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 5790Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5847Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5769Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 5855Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 1072Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 1105Spiral40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5847Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5769Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 5855Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 1072Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 1105Spiral40 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).