IC 330
IC 330
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
425 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 425 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 330 as it looked roughly 425 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 332Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1931Galaxy15 million ly
apartIC 322Galaxy28 million ly
apartNGC 1431Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 1967Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1918Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1931Galaxy15 million ly
apartIC 322Galaxy28 million ly
apartNGC 1431Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 1967Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1918Barred spiral34 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).