IC 317
IC 317
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
468 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 468 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 317 as it looked roughly 468 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 299Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1296Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 326Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 1263Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 1880Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 306Spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1296Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 326Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 1263Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 1880Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 306Spiral38 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).