IC 1165 NED02
IC 1165 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
481 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 481 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1165 NED02 as it looked roughly 481 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 1165 NED01Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 1159Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartIC 1163Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6034Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1173Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6022Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1159Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartIC 1163Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6034Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1173Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6022Barred spiral17 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).