IC 1309
IC 1309
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
374 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 374 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1309 as it looked roughly 374 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 1319Barred spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 6912Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 1321Barred spiral73 million ly
apartIC 1333Lenticular78 million ly
apartIC 1336Lenticular84 million ly
apartNGC 6986Elliptical89 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6912Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 1321Barred spiral73 million ly
apartIC 1333Lenticular78 million ly
apartIC 1336Lenticular84 million ly
apartNGC 6986Elliptical89 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).