IC 343
IC 343
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
87 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 87 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 343 as it looked roughly 87 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 1452Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 1407Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartIC 346Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1383Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartIC 1953Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 1962Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1407Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartIC 346Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1383Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartIC 1953Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 1962Barred spiral5.1 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).