IC 1324
IC 1324
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
288 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 288 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1324 as it looked roughly 288 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 6968Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6941Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6985AGalaxy24 million ly
apartIC 1331Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 6975Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6977Spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6941Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6985AGalaxy24 million ly
apartIC 1331Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 6975Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6977Spiral30 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).