IC 389
IC 389
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 389 as it looked roughly 225 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 1646Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartIC 390Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1648Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1645Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 384Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1643Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 390Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1648Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1645Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 384Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1643Barred spiral9.0 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).