IC 331
IC 331
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
321 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 321 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 331 as it looked roughly 321 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 329Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1280Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1349Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1298Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 1409Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 1308Lenticular30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1280Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1349Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1298Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 1409Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 1308Lenticular30 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).