IC 241
IC 241
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
323 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 323 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 241 as it looked roughly 323 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 993Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1007Galaxy6.3 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1043Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1020Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 1836Galaxy11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1007Galaxy6.3 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1043Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1020Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 1836Galaxy11 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).