IC 1085
IC 1085
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
532 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 532 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1085 as it looked roughly 532 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 1058Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 4503Elliptical57 million ly
apartNGC 5910 NED01Elliptical57 million ly
apartIC 4473 NED02Barred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 4473 NED01Barred spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 5842Barred spiral59 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4503Elliptical57 million ly
apartNGC 5910 NED01Elliptical57 million ly
apartIC 4473 NED02Barred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 4473 NED01Barred spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 5842Barred spiral59 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).