IC 35
IC 35
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 35 as it looked roughly 214 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 234Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1598Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 186Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 199Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 193Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 130Elliptical30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1598Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 186Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 199Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 193Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 130Elliptical30 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).