IC 1141
IC 1141
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
205 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 205 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1141 as it looked roughly 205 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 1149Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1137Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6021Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5980Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1133Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1174Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1137Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6021Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5980Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1133Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1174Lenticular22 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).