IC 1335
IC 1335
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
596 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 596 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1335 as it looked roughly 596 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 1328Spiral95 million ly
apartIC 5088Lenticular99 million ly
apartNGC 7019Barred spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 7016Elliptical120 million ly
apartNGC 6998Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 1338Barred spiral130 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5088Lenticular99 million ly
apartNGC 7019Barred spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 7016Elliptical120 million ly
apartNGC 6998Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 1338Barred spiral130 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).