IC 1332
IC 1332
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
455 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 455 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1332 as it looked roughly 455 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 1338Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1337Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 1341Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 1349Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 1351Galaxy45 million ly
apartIC 1347Lenticular48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1337Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 1341Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 1349Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 1351Galaxy45 million ly
apartIC 1347Lenticular48 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).