IC 112
IC 112
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
269 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 269 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 112 as it looked roughly 269 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
NGC 569Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 505Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 154Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1723Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 665Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 671Spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 505Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 154Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1723Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 665Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 671Spiral28 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).