IC 309
IC 309
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
195 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 195 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 309 as it looked roughly 195 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 1281Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1293Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartIC 311Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1334Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1164Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 313Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1293Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartIC 311Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1334Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1164Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 313Elliptical12 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).