IC 1101 has a radius of 1,956,900 light years or to put it another way, it has a diameter of 3,913,800 light years.
The discovery of IC 1101 is one of the most interesting facts about the largest galaxy itself. The object can not be seen by the naked eye from Earth, you need a telescope to see it. IC 1101 is curently the largest known galaxy in the universe. Comments may be merged or altered slightly such as if an email address is given in the main body of the comment.You can decline to give a name which if that is the case, the comment will be attributed to a random star. It is so far away, you will not be able to see it without using an observational aid.
A blue coloured galaxy is one that is full of activity of young stars but a yellowy galaxy such as IC 1101 is docile, dying. IC1101 is an elliptical galaxy which older galaxies tend to be whereas our galaxy is believed to be a spiral galaxy. U.G. Its believed to be so because its been calculated as being an spiral galaxy, no one has ever and will probably ever see it.Although it is too far away to spot any, it is inconceivable that the galaxy doesn't contain any The time it will take to travel to this star is dependent on how fast you are going.
has done some calculations as to how long it will take going at differing speeds. Our galaxy is estimated to have about 200-400 billion stars (400,000,000,000) which might seem a lot but then IC 1101 has an estimate 100 trillion stars (100,000,000,000,000).To give you some idea of how big the galaxy is, our own galaxy has a diameter of about 100,000 light years. It must be due to lack of available equipment in hand. Andromeda's Galaxy has a diameter of 210,000 light years across but the IC 1101 has a diameter of about 4 million light years or 2 million light years across for as its radius.If the IC1101 was in the same position our galaxy was in, it would not only consume the Milky Way but it would also consume the With such a dim apparent magnitude, you are going to need a telescope that is about 8-10 inches.
IC 1101 Facts at a Glance. A note about the calculations, when I'm talking about years, I'm talking non-leap years only (365 days).The image above showing the location of the object was generated using the free application There's no register feature and no need to give an email address if you don't need to. As rough guide, the location is located in the constellation of Pisces. The galaxy is at the very southern edge of the constellation so although you might be able to see the constellation, the galaxy won't be visible.The last good chance to see the constellation before it disappears below the horizon is at the end of August. It would take a space ship 3,913,800 years travelling at the speed of light to get from one side to the other. The constellation will have virtually disappeared but the galaxy is now at the top end of the constellation and should be viewable.It is classed as a dying galaxy as it doesn't have many new stars being born unlike our own galaxy, The galaxy grows by cannibalising smaller galaxies that get too close to it.
As a guide, the nearest naked eye visible star to the elliptical galaxy is Its Visual (Apparent) Brightness is 14.73 Magnitude with an apparent dimension of 1.2x0.6 . Perhaps, after a little more over 100 years since then, John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1985 finally recognized its existence. The Right Ascension is the angular distance of an object along the celestial equator from the March Equinox. The last chance to see the constellation is at the beginning of October when it will be on the horizon. The constellation will have gone but the galaxy should just be visible.For southern hemisphere, I am assuming you are viewing from Sydney, Australia about 9 p.m. You won't be able to see IC1101 until May at 9 p.m. All messages will be reviewed before being displayed. IC 1101 was discovered by William Herschel, of Uranus fame on 19th June 1790. It should be visible from about mid-april on the eastern horizon but May will be better. IC 1101 has a radius of about 2 million light years; IC 1101 is an elliptical galaxy; IC 1101 is too far away to be seen by the naked eye. But at that time he failed to realize that it’s just not another nebulous feature but the independent galaxy. However, the galaxy is visible on the horizon at about 10 p.m. the month before on the horizon. Before rushing out and buying the first 8-10 inch telescope, do get professional advice first.For northern hemisphere, the details I give are based on viewing from London at about 9 p.m.