IC 1313
IC 1313
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
155 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 155 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1313 as it looked roughly 155 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 6903Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartIC 1322Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 6908Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 6907Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6931Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 5005Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1322Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 6908Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 6907Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6931Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 5005Barred spiral26 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).