IC 1109
IC 1109
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
713 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
168k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 713 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1109 as it looked roughly 713 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 4537Lenticular61 million ly
apartNGC 5919Elliptical74 million ly
apartIC 1121Elliptical98 million ly
apartIC 1063Barred spiral98 million ly
apartNGC 5920Lenticular100 million ly
apartNGC 5931Lenticular110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5919Elliptical74 million ly
apartIC 1121Elliptical98 million ly
apartIC 1063Barred spiral98 million ly
apartNGC 5920Lenticular100 million ly
apartNGC 5931Lenticular110 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).