IC 315
IC 315
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
426 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 426 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 315 as it looked roughly 426 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 322Galaxy13 million ly
apartIC 1918Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1218Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1930Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 1931Galaxy26 million ly
apartIC 298BBarred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1918Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1218Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1930Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 1931Galaxy26 million ly
apartIC 298BBarred spiral28 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).