IC 1091
IC 1091
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
232 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 232 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1091 as it looked roughly 232 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 1060Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5664Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 5863Spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 5742Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 5716Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 991Barred spiral52 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5664Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 5863Spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 5742Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 5716Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 991Barred spiral52 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).