IC 1096
IC 1096
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
305 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 305 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1096 as it looked roughly 305 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 1086Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 1097Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1075Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1076Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5851Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 5852Lenticular35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1097Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1075Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1076Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5851Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 5852Lenticular35 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).