IC 1113
IC 1113
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
498 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 498 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1113 as it looked roughly 498 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 1112Barred spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 5942Elliptical54 million ly
apartNGC 5944Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 5941Elliptical57 million ly
apartNGC 5940Spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 5988Spiral59 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5942Elliptical54 million ly
apartNGC 5944Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 5941Elliptical57 million ly
apartNGC 5940Spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 5988Spiral59 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).