IC 1162
IC 1162
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
621 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 621 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1162 as it looked roughly 621 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 1142Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 1191 NED02Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 1193Lenticular59 million ly
apartIC 1130Barred spiral64 million ly
apartIC 1195Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 1189Lenticular72 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1191 NED02Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 1193Lenticular59 million ly
apartIC 1130Barred spiral64 million ly
apartIC 1195Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 1189Lenticular72 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).