IC 1320
IC 1320
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
231 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 231 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1320 as it looked roughly 231 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 6906Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6901Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6917Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6900Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6944Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 6928Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6901Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6917Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6900Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6944Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 6928Barred spiral31 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).