IC 1333
IC 1333
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
378 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
150k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 378 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1333 as it looked roughly 378 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 1336Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 1339Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1344Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1356Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 1343Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 1350Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1339Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1344Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1356Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 1343Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 1350Lenticular26 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).