IC 390
IC 390
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
219 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 219 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 390 as it looked roughly 219 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 384Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 1648Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 387Spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 389Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartIC 388 NED02Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1646Elliptical8.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1648Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 387Spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 389Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartIC 388 NED02Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1646Elliptical8.1 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).