IC 306
IC 306
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
432 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 432 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 306 as it looked roughly 432 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 303Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 1296Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 299Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1284Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 318Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 1203AElliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1296Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 299Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1284Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 318Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 1203AElliptical27 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).