IC 364
IC 364
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
181 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 181 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 364 as it looked roughly 181 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 366Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1550Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 1542Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1589Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1593Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1587Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1550Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 1542Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1589Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1593Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1587Elliptical14 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).