IC 1367
IC 1367
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
189 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 189 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1367 as it looked roughly 189 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 1364Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartIC 1368Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 7046Spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 1361Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 6954Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 6962Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1368Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 7046Spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 1361Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 6954Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 6962Spiral25 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).