IC 1341
IC 1341
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
424 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 424 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1341 as it looked roughly 424 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 1349Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1351Galaxy12 million ly
apartIC 1347Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1348Galaxy15 million ly
apartIC 1353Galaxy17 million ly
apartIC 1358Galaxy21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1351Galaxy12 million ly
apartIC 1347Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1348Galaxy15 million ly
apartIC 1353Galaxy17 million ly
apartIC 1358Galaxy21 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).