IC 1395
IC 1395
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
365 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 365 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1395 as it looked roughly 365 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 1405Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1406Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 5111Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1423Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 5151Galaxy40 million ly
apartNGC 7149Elliptical40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1406Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 5111Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1423Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 5151Galaxy40 million ly
apartNGC 7149Elliptical40 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).