IC 334
IC 334
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
118 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 118 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 334 as it looked roughly 118 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 1530Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1530ASpiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1184Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1343Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2268Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2336Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1530ASpiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1184Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1343Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2268Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2336Barred spiral27 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).