IC 1152
IC 1152
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
274 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 274 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1152 as it looked roughly 274 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 1153Lenticular710,000 ly
apartNGC 6154Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4565Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 4567Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 4564Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 4562Elliptical29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6154Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4565Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 4567Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 4564Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 4562Elliptical29 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).