IC 34
IC 34
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
247 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
202k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 247 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 34 as it looked roughly 247 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
NGC 180Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 137Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 250Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 257Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1564Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 95Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 137Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 250Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 257Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1564Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 95Spiral16 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).