IC 283
IC 283
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
385 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
17.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 385 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 283 as it looked roughly 385 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 1143Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1144Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 1149Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 263Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1239Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 307Spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1144Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 1149Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 263Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1239Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 307Spiral28 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).