IC 1144
IC 1144
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
563 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 563 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1144 as it looked roughly 563 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 6069Elliptical58 million ly
apartNGC 5932Elliptical71 million ly
apartNGC 5889Barred spiral84 million ly
apartNGC 5933Elliptical84 million ly
apartNGC 5902Lenticular100 million ly
apartNGC 6179Lenticular110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5932Elliptical71 million ly
apartNGC 5889Barred spiral84 million ly
apartNGC 5933Elliptical84 million ly
apartNGC 5902Lenticular100 million ly
apartNGC 6179Lenticular110 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).