IC 1132
IC 1132
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1132 as it looked roughly 210 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 5975Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5928Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6027CBarred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6027Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 6027ELenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 6020Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5928Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6027CBarred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6027Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 6027ELenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 6020Elliptical17 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).