IC 1389
IC 1389
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
299 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 299 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1389 as it looked roughly 299 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 7105Lenticular51 million ly
apartNGC 7073Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 1412Lenticular52 million ly
apartNGC 7131Lenticular54 million ly
apartIC 1408Lenticular59 million ly
apartNGC 6993Barred spiral61 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7073Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 1412Lenticular52 million ly
apartNGC 7131Lenticular54 million ly
apartIC 1408Lenticular59 million ly
apartNGC 6993Barred spiral61 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).