IC 313
IC 313
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
205 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 205 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 313 as it looked roughly 205 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 311Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1281Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1334Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 309Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1934Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1293Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1281Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1334Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 309Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1934Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1293Elliptical14 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).