IC 1380
IC 1380
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
592 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 592 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1380 as it looked roughly 592 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 1379Galaxy5.5 million ly
apartIC 1375Elliptical59 million ly
apartIC 1399Galaxy65 million ly
apartIC 1365 NED02Galaxy86 million ly
apartIC 1428Galaxy96 million ly
apartIC 1374Barred spiral99 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1375Elliptical59 million ly
apartIC 1399Galaxy65 million ly
apartIC 1365 NED02Galaxy86 million ly
apartIC 1428Galaxy96 million ly
apartIC 1374Barred spiral99 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).