IC 305
IC 305
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
239 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 239 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 305 as it looked roughly 239 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 304Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 1901Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartIC 1874Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 294Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 278Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1224Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1901Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartIC 1874Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 294Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 278Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1224Elliptical15 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).