IC 1384
IC 1384
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
262 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 262 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1384 as it looked roughly 262 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 1387Galaxy2.4 million ly
apartIC 1390Galaxy6.1 million ly
apartNGC 7047Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7102Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 1404Elliptical45 million ly
apartIC 1413Spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1390Galaxy6.1 million ly
apartNGC 7047Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7102Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 1404Elliptical45 million ly
apartIC 1413Spiral45 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).