IC 1357
IC 1357
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
383 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
143k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 383 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1357 as it looked roughly 383 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 1344Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7010Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 1355Galaxy22 million ly
apartIC 1350Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 1346Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1353Galaxy31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7010Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 1355Galaxy22 million ly
apartIC 1350Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 1346Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1353Galaxy31 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).