IC 1356
IC 1356
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
395 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 395 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1356 as it looked roughly 395 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 1343Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartIC 1346Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1350Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1339Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1355Galaxy18 million ly
apartIC 1336Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1346Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1350Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1339Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1355Galaxy18 million ly
apartIC 1336Lenticular20 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).