IC 1130
IC 1130
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
637 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 637 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1130 as it looked roughly 637 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 1142Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1134Lenticular58 million ly
apartIC 1162Spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 5910 NED03Elliptical81 million ly
apartIC 1094 NED03Spiral85 million ly
apartIC 1094 NED02Spiral86 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1134Lenticular58 million ly
apartIC 1162Spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 5910 NED03Elliptical81 million ly
apartIC 1094 NED03Spiral85 million ly
apartIC 1094 NED02Spiral86 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).