IC 1397
IC 1397
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
349 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 349 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1397 as it looked roughly 349 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 5126Galaxy23 million ly
apartNGC 7065ASpiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7065Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7108Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 7120Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1410Elliptical36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7065ASpiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7065Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7108Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 7120Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1410Elliptical36 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).