IC 1122
IC 1122
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
603 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 603 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1122 as it looked roughly 603 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 5931Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 1121Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 5920Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 5983Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 5919Elliptical49 million ly
apartNGC 5997Elliptical54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1121Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 5920Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 5983Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 5919Elliptical49 million ly
apartNGC 5997Elliptical54 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).