IC 1303
IC 1303
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
209 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 209 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1303 as it looked roughly 209 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 1302Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 6745 NED01Galaxy28 million ly
apartNGC 6792Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6740Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6700Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1296Barred spiral44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6745 NED01Galaxy28 million ly
apartNGC 6792Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6740Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6700Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1296Barred spiral44 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).