IC 1358
IC 1358
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
416 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 416 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1358 as it looked roughly 416 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 1341Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1337Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1343Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1356Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 1349Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 1348Galaxy23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1337Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1343Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1356Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 1349Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 1348Galaxy23 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).