IC 1344
IC 1344
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
381 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 381 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1344 as it looked roughly 381 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 1350Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 1355Galaxy15 million ly
apartIC 1346Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1357Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1343Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1356Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1355Galaxy15 million ly
apartIC 1346Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1357Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1343Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1356Elliptical22 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).