IC 1163
IC 1163
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
493 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 493 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1163 as it looked roughly 493 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 1155Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 1159Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 6022Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1165 NED02Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1167Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1165 NED01Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1159Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 6022Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1165 NED02Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1167Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1165 NED01Elliptical16 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).