IC 362
IC 362
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
419 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
216k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 419 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 362 as it looked roughly 419 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
IC 2045Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 367Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 1509Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 378Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 1575Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 1561Elliptical29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 367Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 1509Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 378Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 1575Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 1561Elliptical29 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).