IC 357
IC 357
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
292 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 292 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 357 as it looked roughly 292 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 1497Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartIC 2016Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 358Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1539Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 1508Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 1474Spiral72 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2016Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 358Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1539Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 1508Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 1474Spiral72 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).