IC 1368
IC 1368
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
187 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 187 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1368 as it looked roughly 187 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 1367Galaxy3.1 million ly
apartIC 1364Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 7046Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 1361Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 6964Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6967Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1364Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 7046Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 1361Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 6964Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6967Lenticular25 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).