IC 1328
IC 1328
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
510 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 510 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1328 as it looked roughly 510 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 1338Barred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 5088Lenticular68 million ly
apartNGC 7019Barred spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 7016Elliptical75 million ly
apartIC 1332Spiral77 million ly
apartNGC 6999Lenticular87 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5088Lenticular68 million ly
apartNGC 7019Barred spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 7016Elliptical75 million ly
apartIC 1332Spiral77 million ly
apartNGC 6999Lenticular87 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).