IC 1393
IC 1393
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
453 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 453 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1393 as it looked roughly 453 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
NGC 7103Elliptical860,000 ly
apartNGC 7104Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartIC 5122Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 5124Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 1386Elliptical49 million ly
apartNGC 7035ALenticular55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7104Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartIC 5122Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 5124Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 1386Elliptical49 million ly
apartNGC 7035ALenticular55 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).