IC 1349
IC 1349
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
414 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 414 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1349 as it looked roughly 414 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 1351Galaxy460,000 ly
apartIC 1347Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartIC 1348Galaxy4.8 million ly
apartIC 1353Galaxy6.2 million ly
apartIC 1341Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7010Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1347Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartIC 1348Galaxy4.8 million ly
apartIC 1353Galaxy6.2 million ly
apartIC 1341Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7010Elliptical15 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).