IC 1339
IC 1339
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
393 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
173k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 393 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1339 as it looked roughly 393 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 1336Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 6986Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 1356Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 1343Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 1333Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1346Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6986Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 1356Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 1343Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 1333Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1346Barred spiral29 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).