IC 1160
IC 1160
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
521 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 521 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1160 as it looked roughly 521 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 1161Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 6023Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1168Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1167Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 1157Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1155Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6023Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1168Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1167Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 1157Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1155Spiral22 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).