IC 366
IC 366
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
175 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
17k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 175 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 366 as it looked roughly 175 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 1550Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 364Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1542Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 1589Spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 363Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1587Elliptical10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 364Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1542Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 1589Spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 363Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1587Elliptical10 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).