IC 1173
IC 1173
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
487 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 487 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1173 as it looked roughly 487 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 1186Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 1185Spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 1178Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 6055Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6054Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6039Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1185Spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 1178Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 6055Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6054Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6039Elliptical11 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).