IC 1372
IC 1372
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
381 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 381 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1372 as it looked roughly 381 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
NGC 7065Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 7065ASpiral39 million ly
apartIC 1357Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 7121Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 1383Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 1371Elliptical50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7065ASpiral39 million ly
apartIC 1357Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 7121Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 1383Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 1371Elliptical50 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).