IC 13
IC 13
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
266 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 266 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 13 as it looked roughly 266 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 75Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 95Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 36Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 7Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 137Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 34Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 95Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 36Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 7Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 137Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 34Barred spiral26 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).