IC 1366
IC 1366
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
691 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
163k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 691 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1366 as it looked roughly 691 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 NED01Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 1370Galaxy16 million ly
apartIC 1365 NED02Galaxy24 million ly
apartIC 1362Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 1385Spiral64 million ly
apartIC 1379Galaxy100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1370Galaxy16 million ly
apartIC 1365 NED02Galaxy24 million ly
apartIC 1362Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 1385Spiral64 million ly
apartIC 1379Galaxy100 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).