IC 321
IC 321
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
435 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 435 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 321 as it looked roughly 435 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 318Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 327Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 328Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1263Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1296Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1372Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 327Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 328Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1263Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1296Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1372Elliptical24 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).