IC 302
IC 302
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
275 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
147k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 275 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 302 as it looked roughly 275 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 1219Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 338Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 1101Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 1956Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 1095Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 1305Elliptical39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 338Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 1101Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 1956Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 1095Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 1305Elliptical39 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).