IC 344
IC 344
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
255 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 255 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 344 as it looked roughly 255 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 1397Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 1424Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1361Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 1324Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1303Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1285Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1424Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1361Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 1324Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1303Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1285Barred spiral30 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).