IC 1360
IC 1360
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
402 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 402 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1360 as it looked roughly 402 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 1377Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7085Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 6955Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 6957Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 1383Barred spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 7101Elliptical57 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7085Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 6955Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 6957Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 1383Barred spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 7101Elliptical57 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).