IC 1362
IC 1362
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
717 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 717 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1362 as it looked roughly 717 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 1370Galaxy15 million ly
apartIC 1366Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 1365 NED01Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 1365 NED02Galaxy48 million ly
apartIC 1385Spiral68 million ly
apartIC 1379Galaxy130 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1366Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 1365 NED01Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 1365 NED02Galaxy48 million ly
apartIC 1385Spiral68 million ly
apartIC 1379Galaxy130 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).