IC 1118
IC 1118
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1118 as it looked roughly 317 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 1117Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5852Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 5926Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5851Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1092Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 1086Lenticular39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5852Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 5926Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5851Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1092Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 1086Lenticular39 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).