IC 1149
IC 1149
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1149 as it looked roughly 218 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 1174Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1199Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1196Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1141Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6021Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6073Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1199Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1196Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1141Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6021Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6073Spiral21 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).