IC 28
IC 28
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
300 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
26k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 300 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 28 as it looked roughly 300 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 19Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 23Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 18Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 155Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 166Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 62Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 23Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 18Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 155Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 166Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 62Barred spiral21 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).