IC 1142
IC 1142
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
651 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
195k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 651 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1142 as it looked roughly 651 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 1130Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1162Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 1134Lenticular46 million ly
apartIC 1191 NED02Elliptical90 million ly
apartIC 4587Elliptical94 million ly
apartIC 1193Lenticular96 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1162Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 1134Lenticular46 million ly
apartIC 1191 NED02Elliptical90 million ly
apartIC 4587Elliptical94 million ly
apartIC 1193Lenticular96 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).