IC 1343
IC 1343
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
397 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 397 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1343 as it looked roughly 397 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 1356Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartIC 1346Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1350Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1355Galaxy16 million ly
apartIC 1353Galaxy18 million ly
apartIC 1348Galaxy19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1346Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1350Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1355Galaxy16 million ly
apartIC 1353Galaxy18 million ly
apartIC 1348Galaxy19 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).