IC 1139
IC 1139
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
312 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 312 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1139 as it looked roughly 312 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 1143Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 6252Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5712Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 4470Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5295Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 6251Elliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6252Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5712Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 4470Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5295Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 6251Elliptical34 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).