IC 1365 NED02
IC 1365 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
669 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
269k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 669 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1365 NED02 as it looked roughly 669 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 1365 NED01Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 1366Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 1370Galaxy38 million ly
apartIC 1362Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 1385Spiral81 million ly
apartIC 1379Galaxy82 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1366Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 1370Galaxy38 million ly
apartIC 1362Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 1385Spiral81 million ly
apartIC 1379Galaxy82 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).