IC 1379
IC 1379
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
594 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 594 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1379 as it looked roughly 594 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 1380Galaxy5.5 million ly
apartIC 1375Elliptical60 million ly
apartIC 1399Galaxy68 million ly
apartIC 1365 NED02Galaxy82 million ly
apartIC 1365 NED01Elliptical99 million ly
apartIC 1428Galaxy100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1375Elliptical60 million ly
apartIC 1399Galaxy68 million ly
apartIC 1365 NED02Galaxy82 million ly
apartIC 1365 NED01Elliptical99 million ly
apartIC 1428Galaxy100 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).