IC 1319
IC 1319
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
343 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 343 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1319 as it looked roughly 343 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 6912Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1321Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 1309Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 1333Lenticular54 million ly
apartIC 1336Lenticular65 million ly
apartIC 1339Barred spiral70 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1321Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 1309Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 1333Lenticular54 million ly
apartIC 1336Lenticular65 million ly
apartIC 1339Barred spiral70 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).