IC 1116
IC 1116
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
545 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
170k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 545 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1116 as it looked roughly 545 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 1107Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 5960Spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 5952Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 5942Elliptical46 million ly
apartNGC 5847Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 1106Barred spiral55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5960Spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 5952Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 5942Elliptical46 million ly
apartNGC 5847Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 1106Barred spiral55 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).