IC 1185
IC 1185
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
488 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 488 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1185 as it looked roughly 488 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 1173Spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 1186Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 6055Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6039Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartIC 1178Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6054Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1186Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 6055Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6039Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartIC 1178Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6054Elliptical12 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).