IC 109
IC 109
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
454 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 454 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 109 as it looked roughly 454 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 105Lenticular1.3 million ly
apartIC 103Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 123Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 435Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 121Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 1697Lenticular55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 103Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 123Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 435Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 121Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 1697Lenticular55 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).