IC 1336
IC 1336
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
391 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 391 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1336 as it looked roughly 391 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 1339Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 6986Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 1333Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 1356Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 1343Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1350Lenticular31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6986Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 1333Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 1356Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 1343Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1350Lenticular31 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).