IC 1350
IC 1350
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
391 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 391 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1350 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 1355Galaxy7.0 million ly
apartIC 1346Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 1344Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1343Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1356Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7010Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1346Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 1344Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1343Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1356Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7010Elliptical15 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).