IC 1083
IC 1083
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
411 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 411 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1083 as it looked roughly 411 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 5671Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5807Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 5415Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 1046Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 954Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 6024Elliptical50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5807Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 5415Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 1046Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 954Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 6024Elliptical50 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).