IC 312
IC 312
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 312 as it looked roughly 230 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 1270Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 1277Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartIC 301Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartIC 294Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1224Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 293Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1277Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartIC 301Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartIC 294Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1224Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 293Lenticular11 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).