IC 1391
IC 1391
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
421 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 421 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1391 as it looked roughly 421 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 1388Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 1381Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1383Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7069Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1377Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 7146Spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1381Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1383Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7069Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1377Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 7146Spiral42 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).