IC 288
IC 288
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
241 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 241 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 288 as it looked roughly 241 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 1224Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartIC 266Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 294Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 1267Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 300Elliptical11 million ly
apartPerseus ALenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 266Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 294Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 1267Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 300Elliptical11 million ly
apartPerseus ALenticular11 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).