IC 1338
IC 1338
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
472 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 472 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1338 as it looked roughly 472 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 1332Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1337Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 1341Lenticular52 million ly
apartIC 1328Spiral56 million ly
apartIC 1358Galaxy58 million ly
apartIC 1349Lenticular64 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1337Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 1341Lenticular52 million ly
apartIC 1328Spiral56 million ly
apartIC 1358Galaxy58 million ly
apartIC 1349Lenticular64 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).