IC 1373
IC 1373
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
493 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 493 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1373 as it looked roughly 493 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 1374Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 1375Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 7069Elliptical66 million ly
apartIC 5090Spiral68 million ly
apartIC 5089Spiral70 million ly
apartIC 1381Spiral71 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1375Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 7069Elliptical66 million ly
apartIC 5090Spiral68 million ly
apartIC 5089Spiral70 million ly
apartIC 1381Spiral71 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).