IC 356
IC 356
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
48 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
10.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 48 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 356 as it looked roughly 48 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 1485Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 1469Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3027Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2591Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2715Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2549Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1469Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3027Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2591Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2715Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2549Lenticular24 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).