IC 1375
IC 1375
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
537 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 537 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1375 as it looked roughly 537 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 spiral47 million ly
apartIC 1373Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 1380Galaxy59 million ly
apartIC 1379Galaxy60 million ly
apartIC 1399Galaxy61 million ly
apartIC 5115Barred spiral80 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1373Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 1380Galaxy59 million ly
apartIC 1379Galaxy60 million ly
apartIC 1399Galaxy61 million ly
apartIC 5115Barred spiral80 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).