IC 335
IC 335
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
77 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 77 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 335 as it looked roughly 77 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 1365Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 1380ALenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1419Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1428Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1351Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1381Lenticular6.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1380ALenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1419Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1428Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1351Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1381Lenticular6.2 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).