IC 1089
IC 1089
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
432 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 432 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1089 as it looked roughly 432 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 1079Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 1078Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 5782Lenticular43 million ly
apartIC 1112Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 5837Barred spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 5887Lenticular51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1078Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 5782Lenticular43 million ly
apartIC 1112Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 5837Barred spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 5887Lenticular51 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).