IC 1331
IC 1331
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
269 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 269 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1331 as it looked roughly 269 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 6985AGalaxy7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6985Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6968Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6977Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6978Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1324Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6985Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6968Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6977Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6978Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1324Lenticular27 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).