IC 329
IC 329
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
330 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 330 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 329 as it looked roughly 330 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 331Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1409Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 1280Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1349Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 1298Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 1308Lenticular37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1409Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 1280Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1349Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 1298Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 1308Lenticular37 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).