IC 326
IC 326
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
483 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
159k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 483 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 326 as it looked roughly 483 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 1975Galaxy19 million ly
apartIC 317Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 1368Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 328Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 327Spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 1363Barred spiral49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 317Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 1368Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 328Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 327Spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 1363Barred spiral49 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).