IC 1361
IC 1361
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1361 as it looked roughly 185 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 1367Galaxy7.7 million ly
apartIC 1364Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartIC 1368Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 7046Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6969Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6954Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1364Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartIC 1368Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 7046Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6969Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6954Lenticular23 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).