IC 1346
IC 1346
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
399 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
143k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 399 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1346 as it looked roughly 399 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 1355Galaxy6.2 million ly
apartIC 1350Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartIC 1343Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 1353Galaxy10 million ly
apartIC 1348Galaxy11 million ly
apartIC 1347Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1350Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartIC 1343Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 1353Galaxy10 million ly
apartIC 1348Galaxy11 million ly
apartIC 1347Lenticular12 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).