IC 1364
IC 1364
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
191 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 191 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1364 as it looked roughly 191 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
NGC 7046Spiral2.7 million ly
apartIC 1367Galaxy2.9 million ly
apartIC 1368Spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 1361Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 6962Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6965Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1367Galaxy2.9 million ly
apartIC 1368Spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 1361Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 6962Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6965Lenticular24 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).