IC 294
IC 294
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
234 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 234 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 294 as it looked roughly 234 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 1224Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1277Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 312Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1270Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartIC 288Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 301Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1277Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 312Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1270Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartIC 288Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 301Elliptical11 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).