IC 1387
IC 1387
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1387 as it looked roughly 261 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 1384Galaxy2.4 million ly
apartIC 1390Galaxy5.5 million ly
apartNGC 7047Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7102Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 1413Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 1404Elliptical43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1390Galaxy5.5 million ly
apartNGC 7047Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7102Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 1413Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 1404Elliptical43 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).