IC 1182
IC 1182
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
474 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 474 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1182 as it looked roughly 474 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 1181Lenticular2.0 million ly
apartNGC 6054Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 1178Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 6034Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6045Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 6044Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6054Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 1178Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 6034Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6045Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 6044Lenticular10 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).