IC 400
IC 400
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
162 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
16.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 162 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 400 as it looked roughly 162 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 1821Irregular9.6 million ly
apartIC 415Galaxy12 million ly
apartIC 401Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1723Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 416Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 402Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 415Galaxy12 million ly
apartIC 401Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1723Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 416Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 402Spiral20 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).