IC 1194
IC 1194
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
545 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 545 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1194 as it looked roughly 545 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
NGC 6056Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartIC 1191 NED01Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 1189Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 1195Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1192Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1193Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1191 NED01Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 1189Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 1195Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1192Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1193Lenticular18 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).