IC 363
IC 363
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
165 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
16k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 165 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 363 as it looked roughly 165 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 1550Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1542Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 366Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1588Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1586Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1587Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1542Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 366Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1588Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1586Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1587Elliptical13 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).