IC 301
IC 301
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 301 as it looked roughly 226 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 1270Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartIC 312Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartIC 293Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 1277Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartIC 294Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1224Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 312Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartIC 293Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 1277Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartIC 294Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1224Elliptical14 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).