IC 276
IC 276
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 276 as it looked roughly 139 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 1188Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1199Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1190Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1125Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 285Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1209Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1199Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1190Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1125Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 285Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1209Elliptical17 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).