IC 1383
IC 1383
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
414 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 414 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1383 as it looked roughly 414 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 1388Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartIC 1381Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1391Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7069Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1371Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 5090Spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1381Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1391Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7069Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1371Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 5090Spiral36 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).