IC 1120
IC 1120
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
847 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
165k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 847 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1120 as it looked roughly 847 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 5778Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 4531Elliptical150 million ly
apartIC 4548Elliptical170 million ly
apartNGC 6027DSpiral170 million ly
apartIC 1134Lenticular170 million ly
apartIC 4588Elliptical180 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4531Elliptical150 million ly
apartIC 4548Elliptical170 million ly
apartNGC 6027DSpiral170 million ly
apartIC 1134Lenticular170 million ly
apartIC 4588Elliptical180 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).