IC 1399
IC 1399
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
550 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 550 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1399 as it looked roughly 550 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 1428Galaxy53 million ly
apartIC 1375Elliptical61 million ly
apartIC 1380Galaxy65 million ly
apartIC 1379Galaxy68 million ly
apartNGC 7222Barred spiral71 million ly
apartIC 1398Spiral71 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1375Elliptical61 million ly
apartIC 1380Galaxy65 million ly
apartIC 1379Galaxy68 million ly
apartNGC 7222Barred spiral71 million ly
apartIC 1398Spiral71 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).