IC 1155
IC 1155
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
499 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 499 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1155 as it looked roughly 499 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 1163Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 6022Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 1167Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1159Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 1161Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 1168Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6022Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 1167Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1159Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 1161Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 1168Elliptical16 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).