IC 307
IC 307
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
362 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
169k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 362 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 307 as it looked roughly 362 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 283Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1882Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 1126Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 1287Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 264Elliptical42 million ly
apartIC 329Elliptical43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1882Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 1126Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 1287Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 264Elliptical42 million ly
apartIC 329Elliptical43 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).