IC 1355
IC 1355
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
396 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 396 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1355 as it looked roughly 396 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 1346Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 1350Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7010Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartIC 1353Galaxy12 million ly
apartIC 1348Galaxy13 million ly
apartIC 1347Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1350Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7010Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartIC 1353Galaxy12 million ly
apartIC 1348Galaxy13 million ly
apartIC 1347Lenticular14 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).